diff --git a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
index 719817b..4a50737 100644
--- a/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
+++ b/core/modules/taxonomy/taxonomy.module
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ function taxonomy_field_validate($entity_type, $entity, $field, $instance, $lang
   // Build an array of existing term IDs so they can be loaded with
   // taxonomy_term_load_multiple();
   foreach ($items as $delta => $item) {
-    if (!empty($item['tid']) && $item['tid'] != 'autocreate') {
+    if (!empty($item['tid']) && $item['tid'] !== 'autocreate') {
       $tids[] = $item['tid'];
     }
   }
@@ -1155,7 +1155,7 @@ function taxonomy_field_validate($entity_type, $entity, $field, $instance, $lang
     // allowed values for this field.
     foreach ($items as $delta => $item) {
       $validate = TRUE;
-      if (!empty($item['tid']) && $item['tid'] != 'autocreate') {
+      if (!empty($item['tid']) && $item['tid'] !== 'autocreate') {
         $validate = FALSE;
         foreach ($field['settings']['allowed_values'] as $settings) {
           // If no parent is specified, check if the term is in the vocabulary.
@@ -1231,7 +1231,7 @@ function taxonomy_field_formatter_view($entity_type, $entity, $field, $instance,
   switch ($display['type']) {
     case 'taxonomy_term_reference_link':
       foreach ($items as $delta => $item) {
-        if ($item['tid'] == 'autocreate') {
+        if ($item['tid'] === 'autocreate') {
           $element[$delta] = array(
             '#markup' => check_plain($item['name']),
           );
@@ -1251,7 +1251,7 @@ function taxonomy_field_formatter_view($entity_type, $entity, $field, $instance,
 
     case 'taxonomy_term_reference_plain':
       foreach ($items as $delta => $item) {
-        $name = ($item['tid'] != 'autocreate' ? $item['taxonomy_term']->name : $item['name']);
+        $name = ($item['tid'] !== 'autocreate' ? $item['taxonomy_term']->name : $item['name']);
         $element[$delta] = array(
           '#markup' => check_plain($name),
         );
@@ -1262,9 +1262,9 @@ function taxonomy_field_formatter_view($entity_type, $entity, $field, $instance,
       foreach ($items as $delta => $item) {
         $entity->rss_elements[] = array(
           'key' => 'category',
-          'value' => $item['tid'] != 'autocreate' ? $item['taxonomy_term']->name : $item['name'],
+          'value' => $item['tid'] !== 'autocreate' ? $item['taxonomy_term']->name : $item['name'],
           'attributes' => array(
-            'domain' => $item['tid'] != 'autocreate' ? url('taxonomy/term/' . $item['tid'], array('absolute' => TRUE)) : '',
+            'domain' => $item['tid'] !== 'autocreate' ? url('taxonomy/term/' . $item['tid'], array('absolute' => TRUE)) : '',
           ),
         );
       }
@@ -1309,7 +1309,7 @@ function taxonomy_field_formatter_prepare_view($entity_type, $entities, $field,
   foreach ($entities as $id => $entity) {
     foreach ($items[$id] as $delta => $item) {
       // Force the array key to prevent duplicates.
-      if ($item['tid'] != 'autocreate') {
+      if ($item['tid'] !== 'autocreate') {
         $tids[$item['tid']] = $item['tid'];
       }
     }
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ function taxonomy_field_formatter_prepare_view($entity_type, $entities, $field,
           $items[$id][$delta]['taxonomy_term'] = $terms[$item['tid']];
         }
         // Terms to be created are not in $terms, but are still legitimate.
-        else if ($item['tid'] == 'autocreate') {
+        else if ($item['tid'] === 'autocreate') {
           // Leave the item in place.
         }
         // Otherwise, unset the instance value, since the term does not exist.
@@ -1530,7 +1530,7 @@ function taxonomy_rdf_mapping() {
  */
 function taxonomy_field_presave($entity_type, $entity, $field, $instance, $langcode, &$items) {
   foreach ($items as $delta => $item) {
-    if ($item['tid'] == 'autocreate') {
+    if ($item['tid'] === 'autocreate') {
       unset($item['tid']);
       $term = entity_create('taxonomy_term', $item);
       $term->langcode = $langcode;