diff -r 9a6551eba09c -r c593fc9f5438 pidgin/gtkrequest.c
--- a/pidgin/gtkrequest.c	Thu Mar 23 21:01:15 2017 +0300
+++ b/pidgin/gtkrequest.c	Fri Mar 24 02:23:46 2017 +0300
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@
 						purple_request_field_is_visible(fld))
 				{
 					const char *type_hint = purple_request_field_get_type_hint(fld);
-					if (type_hint != NULL && strcmp(type_hint, "account") == 0)
+					if (type_hint != NULL && purple_strequal(type_hint, "account"))
 					{
 						optmenu = GTK_WIDGET(purple_request_field_get_ui_data(fld));
 						if (optmenu == NULL) {