1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/xgethostbyname.c b/libbb/xgethostbyname.c
index 0bbe18da2..c3158c339 100644
--- a/libbb/xgethostbyname.c
+++ b/libbb/xgethostbyname.c
@@ -10,13 +10,10 @@
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include "libbb.h"
 
-
 struct hostent *xgethostbyname(const char *name)
 {
-        struct hostent *retval;
-
-        if ((retval = gethostbyname(name)) == NULL)
+        struct hostent *retval = gethostbyname(name);
+        if (!retval)
                 bb_herror_msg_and_die("%s", name);
-
         return retval;
 }