1 files changed, 5 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/strbuf.c b/strbuf.c
index 6ed06840b8..bfbd81632e 100644
--- a/strbuf.c
+++ b/strbuf.c
@@ -139,14 +139,11 @@ void strbuf_list_free(struct strbuf **sbs)
 
 int strbuf_cmp(const struct strbuf *a, const struct strbuf *b)
 {
-	int cmp;
-	if (a->len < b->len) {
-		cmp = memcmp(a->buf, b->buf, a->len);
-		return cmp ? cmp : -1;
-	} else {
-		cmp = memcmp(a->buf, b->buf, b->len);
-		return cmp ? cmp : a->len != b->len;
-	}
+	int len = a->len < b->len ? a->len: b->len;
+	int cmp = memcmp(a->buf, b->buf, len);
+	if (cmp)
+		return cmp;
+	return a->len < b->len ? -1: a->len != b->len;
 }
 
 void strbuf_splice(struct strbuf *sb, size_t pos, size_t len,