diff --git a/common/bitutil/bitutil.go b/common/bitutil/bitutil.go
index a18a6d18ee..944f1f3b24 100644
--- a/common/bitutil/bitutil.go
+++ b/common/bitutil/bitutil.go
@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@ func XORBytes(dst, a, b []byte) int {
 // fastXORBytes xors in bulk. It only works on architectures that support
 // unaligned read/writes.
 func fastXORBytes(dst, a, b []byte) int {
-	n := len(a)
-	if len(b) < n {
-		n = len(b)
-	}
+	n := min(len(b), len(a))
 	w := n / wordSize
 	if w > 0 {
 		dw := *(*[]uintptr)(unsafe.Pointer(&dst))
@@ -49,10 +46,7 @@ func fastXORBytes(dst, a, b []byte) int {
 // safeXORBytes xors one by one. It works on all architectures, independent if
 // it supports unaligned read/writes or not.
 func safeXORBytes(dst, a, b []byte) int {
-	n := len(a)
-	if len(b) < n {
-		n = len(b)
-	}
+	n := min(len(b), len(a))
 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
 		dst[i] = a[i] ^ b[i]
 	}
@@ -71,10 +65,7 @@ func ANDBytes(dst, a, b []byte) int {
 // fastANDBytes ands in bulk. It only works on architectures that support
 // unaligned read/writes.
 func fastANDBytes(dst, a, b []byte) int {
-	n := len(a)
-	if len(b) < n {
-		n = len(b)
-	}
+	n := min(len(b), len(a))
 	w := n / wordSize
 	if w > 0 {
 		dw := *(*[]uintptr)(unsafe.Pointer(&dst))
@@ -93,10 +84,7 @@ func fastANDBytes(dst, a, b []byte) int {
 // safeANDBytes ands one by one. It works on all architectures, independent if
 // it supports unaligned read/writes or not.
 func safeANDBytes(dst, a, b []byte) int {
-	n := len(a)
-	if len(b) < n {
-		n = len(b)
-	}
+	n := min(len(b), len(a))
 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
 		dst[i] = a[i] & b[i]
 	}
@@ -115,10 +103,7 @@ func ORBytes(dst, a, b []byte) int {
 // fastORBytes ors in bulk. It only works on architectures that support
 // unaligned read/writes.
 func fastORBytes(dst, a, b []byte) int {
-	n := len(a)
-	if len(b) < n {
-		n = len(b)
-	}
+	n := min(len(b), len(a))
 	w := n / wordSize
 	if w > 0 {
 		dw := *(*[]uintptr)(unsafe.Pointer(&dst))
@@ -137,10 +122,7 @@ func fastORBytes(dst, a, b []byte) int {
 // safeORBytes ors one by one. It works on all architectures, independent if
 // it supports unaligned read/writes or not.
 func safeORBytes(dst, a, b []byte) int {
-	n := len(a)
-	if len(b) < n {
-		n = len(b)
-	}
+	n := min(len(b), len(a))
 	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
 		dst[i] = a[i] | b[i]
 	}
diff --git a/common/hexutil/hexutil.go b/common/hexutil/hexutil.go
index d3201850a8..c9258ea32c 100644
--- a/common/hexutil/hexutil.go
+++ b/common/hexutil/hexutil.go
@@ -147,10 +147,7 @@ func DecodeBig(input string) (*big.Int, error) {
 	words := make([]big.Word, len(raw)/bigWordNibbles+1)
 	end := len(raw)
 	for i := range words {
-		start := end - bigWordNibbles
-		if start < 0 {
-			start = 0
-		}
+		start := max(end-bigWordNibbles, 0)
 		for ri := start; ri < end; ri++ {
 			nib := decodeNibble(raw[ri])
 			if nib == badNibble {
diff --git a/common/hexutil/json.go b/common/hexutil/json.go
index e0ac98f52d..c423791430 100644
--- a/common/hexutil/json.go
+++ b/common/hexutil/json.go
@@ -179,10 +179,7 @@ func (b *Big) UnmarshalText(input []byte) error {
 	words := make([]big.Word, len(raw)/bigWordNibbles+1)
 	end := len(raw)
 	for i := range words {
-		start := end - bigWordNibbles
-		if start < 0 {
-			start = 0
-		}
+		start := max(end-bigWordNibbles, 0)
 		for ri := start; ri < end; ri++ {
 			nib := decodeNibble(raw[ri])
 			if nib == badNibble {