diff --git a/src/lib/generic_os.rs b/src/lib/generic_os.rs
index 4c8d27a5d202..cc073595ecce 100644
--- a/src/lib/generic_os.rs
+++ b/src/lib/generic_os.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 fn getenv(str n) -> option::t[str] {
   auto s = os::libc::getenv(str::buf(n));
-  if ((s as int) == 0) {
-    ret option::none[str];
+  ret if ((s as int) == 0) {
+    option::none[str]
   } else {
-    ret option::some[str](str::str_from_cstr(s));
-  }
+    option::some[str](str::str_from_cstr(s))
+  };
 }