diff --git a/src/gui/doc/snippets/rhioffscreen/main.cpp b/src/gui/doc/snippets/rhioffscreen/main.cpp
index b3fac4b520..217b07dcda 100644
--- a/src/gui/doc/snippets/rhioffscreen/main.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/doc/snippets/rhioffscreen/main.cpp
@@ -82,9 +82,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     ps->setTargetBlends({ premulAlphaBlend });
     static auto getShader = [](const QString &name) {
         QFile f(name);
-        if (f.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
-            return QShader::fromSerialized(f.readAll());
-        return QShader();
+        return f.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly) ? QShader::fromSerialized(f.readAll()) : QShader();
     };
     ps->setShaderStages({
         { QRhiShaderStage::Vertex, getShader(QLatin1String("color.vert.qsb")) },
diff --git a/src/gui/rhi/qrhi.cpp b/src/gui/rhi/qrhi.cpp
index c0214debdf..fbc94d450e 100644
--- a/src/gui/rhi/qrhi.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/rhi/qrhi.cpp
@@ -2029,9 +2029,7 @@ QDebug operator<<(QDebug dbg, const QRhiVertexInputLayout &v)
         QShader getShader(const QString &name)
         {
             QFile f(name);
-            if (f.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly))
-                return QShader::fromSerialized(f.readAll());
-            return QShader();
+            return f.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly) ? QShader::fromSerialized(f.readAll()) : QShader();
         }
 
         QShader vs = getShader("material.vert.qsb");