diff --git a/libfatstr/libfatstr.c b/libfatstr/libfatstr.c
index dc1e58a..453089c 100644
--- a/libfatstr/libfatstr.c
+++ b/libfatstr/libfatstr.c
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@ char *
 FatStr_convert(struct FatStr *p){
 	char *r;
 
-	if((r = malloc(p->s * (sizeof *(p->v)))) == NULL) /* might be buggy */
-		return NULL;
-	strncpy(r, p->v, p->s);
-	return r;
+	/* allocation might be wrong */
+	return ((r = malloc(p->s * (sizeof *(p->v)))) == NULL)
+		? NULL
+		: strncpy(r, p->v, p->s)
+	;
 }
 
 struct FatStr *