diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/LinkedLists/accessTypes/UILList/UILList.C b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/LinkedLists/accessTypes/UILList/UILList.C
index 0a7f057286..9c7ee2d550 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/LinkedLists/accessTypes/UILList/UILList.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/LinkedLists/accessTypes/UILList/UILList.C
@@ -57,19 +57,19 @@ bool Foam::UILList<LListBase, T>::operator==
     const UILList<LListBase, T>& rhs
 ) const
 {
-    if (this->size() != rhs.size())
+    bool equal = (this->size() == rhs.size());
+    if (!equal)
     {
         return false;
     }
 
-    bool equal = true;
-
     const_iterator iter1 = this->begin();
     const_iterator iter2 = rhs.begin();
 
     for (; iter1 != this->end(); ++iter1, ++iter2)
     {
-        equal = equal && iter1() == iter2();
+        equal = (iter1() == iter2());
+        if (!equal) break;
     }
 
     return equal;
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/FixedList/FixedList.C b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/FixedList/FixedList.C
index 8a3b5d078b..03c3d16768 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/FixedList/FixedList.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/FixedList/FixedList.C
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ bool Foam::FixedList<T, Size>::operator==(const FixedList<T, Size>& a) const
     List_CONST_ACCESS(T, (a), ap);
 
     List_FOR_ALL((*this), i)
-        equal = equal && (List_ELEM((*this), vp, i) == List_ELEM((a), ap, i));
+        equal = (List_ELEM((*this), vp, i) == List_ELEM((a), ap, i));
+        if (!equal) break;
     List_END_FOR_ALL
 
     return equal;
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/List/ListLoopM.H b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/List/ListLoopM.H
index 9e68826205..032edb3052 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/List/ListLoopM.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/List/ListLoopM.H
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ License
     along with OpenFOAM.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 Description
-    List\<T\> is a 1D vector of objects of type T, where the size of the
-    vector is known and used for subscript bounds checking, etc.
+    Macros for accessing List elements
 
 \*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
@@ -37,8 +36,8 @@ Description
 // Element access looping using [] for vector machines
 
 #define List_FOR_ALL(f, i)                      \
-        const label _n##i = (f).size();\
-        for (label i=0; i<_n##i; i++)  \
+        const label _n##i = (f).size();         \
+        for (label i=0; i<_n##i; ++i)           \
         {
 
 #define List_END_FOR_ALL  }
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ Description
 // Pointer looping for scalar machines
 
 #define List_FOR_ALL(f, i)                      \
-        label i = (f).size();          \
+        label i = (f).size();                   \
         while (i--)                             \
         {                                       \
 
diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/UList/UList.C b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/UList/UList.C
index b36eae19e5..7bc6b9d20c 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/UList/UList.C
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/containers/Lists/UList/UList.C
@@ -151,18 +151,18 @@ void Foam::shuffle(UList<T>& a)
 template<class T>
 bool Foam::UList<T>::operator==(const UList<T>& a) const
 {
-    if (this->size_ != a.size_)
+    bool equal = (this->size_ == a.size_);
+    if (!equal)
     {
         return false;
     }
 
-    bool equal = true;
-
     List_CONST_ACCESS(T, (*this), vp);
     List_CONST_ACCESS(T, (a), ap);
 
     List_FOR_ALL((*this), i)
-        equal = equal && (List_ELEM((*this), vp, i) == List_ELEM((a), ap, i));
+        equal = (List_ELEM((*this), vp, i) == List_ELEM((a), ap, i));
+        if (!equal) break;
     List_END_FOR_ALL
 
     return equal;