diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index acbb3820..ea3c988e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ CVS code -
 	  doc/man/Makefile.am, doc/man/fr/Makefile.am, and
 	  doc/texinfo/Makefile.am. (DLR)
 - files.c:
+  do_writeout()
+	- When setting retval to the return value of
+	  write_(marked_)?file(), use the "?" operator instead of an
+	  if/else clause. (DLR)
   is_dir()
 	- Don't assign dirptr's value using buf until we've asserted
 	  that buf isn't NULL. (DLR)
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index c0d08b72..b457689f 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -1941,16 +1941,16 @@ bool do_writeout(bool exiting)
 	    sunder(answer);
 	    align(&answer);
 
-#ifndef NANO_TINY
 	    /* Here's where we allow the selected text to be written to
 	     * a separate file.  If we're using restricted mode, this is
 	     * disabled, since it allows reading from or writing to
 	     * files not specified on the command line. */
-	    if (!ISSET(RESTRICTED) && !exiting && openfile->mark_set)
-		retval = write_marked_file(answer, NULL, FALSE, append);
-	    else
+	    retval =
+#ifndef NANO_TINY
+		(!ISSET(RESTRICTED) && !exiting && openfile->mark_set) ?
+		write_marked_file(answer, NULL, FALSE, append) :
 #endif
-		retval = write_file(answer, NULL, FALSE, append, FALSE);
+		write_file(answer, NULL, FALSE, append, FALSE);
 
 	    break;
 	}