diff --git a/accounts/keystore/keystore_passphrase.go b/accounts/keystore/keystore_passphrase.go
index a58d152b1c2de..0c8e621bfeef1 100644
--- a/accounts/keystore/keystore_passphrase.go
+++ b/accounts/keystore/keystore_passphrase.go
@@ -108,9 +108,8 @@ func (ks keyStorePassphrase) StoreKey(filename string, key *Key, auth string) er
 func (ks keyStorePassphrase) JoinPath(filename string) string {
 	if filepath.IsAbs(filename) {
 		return filename
-	} else {
-		return filepath.Join(ks.keysDirPath, filename)
 	}
+	return filepath.Join(ks.keysDirPath, filename)
 }
 
 // EncryptKey encrypts a key using the specified scrypt parameters into a json
diff --git a/accounts/keystore/keystore_plain.go b/accounts/keystore/keystore_plain.go
index 045a9cc0429c9..15bfe64a7e8bb 100644
--- a/accounts/keystore/keystore_plain.go
+++ b/accounts/keystore/keystore_plain.go
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ func (ks keyStorePlain) StoreKey(filename string, key *Key, auth string) error {
 func (ks keyStorePlain) JoinPath(filename string) string {
 	if filepath.IsAbs(filename) {
 		return filename
-	} else {
-		return filepath.Join(ks.keysDirPath, filename)
 	}
+	return filepath.Join(ks.keysDirPath, filename)
 }