diff --git a/clients/cli/connections.c b/clients/cli/connections.c
index 2c05754d5a..67d9bef772 100644
--- a/clients/cli/connections.c
+++ b/clients/cli/connections.c
@@ -3752,11 +3752,11 @@ set_default_interface_name (NmCli *nmc,
 	con_type = nm_setting_connection_get_connection_type (s_con);
 
 	/* Set a sensible bond/team/bridge interface name by default */
-	if (nm_streq (con_type, NM_SETTING_BOND_SETTING_NAME))
+	if (nm_streq0 (con_type, NM_SETTING_BOND_SETTING_NAME))
 		default_name = "nm-bond";
-	else if (nm_streq (con_type, NM_SETTING_TEAM_SETTING_NAME))
+	else if (nm_streq0 (con_type, NM_SETTING_TEAM_SETTING_NAME))
 		default_name = "nm-team";
-	else if (nm_streq (con_type, NM_SETTING_BRIDGE_SETTING_NAME))
+	else if (nm_streq0 (con_type, NM_SETTING_BRIDGE_SETTING_NAME))
 		default_name = "nm-bridge";
 	else
 		default_name = NULL;