diff --git a/main/channel.c b/main/channel.c
index 1a8cfabd56..b02178d392 100644
--- a/main/channel.c
+++ b/main/channel.c
@@ -2673,10 +2673,7 @@ int ast_write(struct ast_channel *chan, struct ast_frame *fr)
 			/* and now put it through the regular translator */
 			f = (chan->writetrans) ? ast_translate(chan->writetrans, f, 0) : f;
 		}
-		if (f)
-			res = chan->tech->write(chan, f);
-		else
-			res = 0;
+		res = f ? chan->tech->write(chan, f) : 0;
 		break;
 	case AST_FRAME_NULL:
 	case AST_FRAME_IAX: