diff --git a/internal/dnsforward/dns.go b/internal/dnsforward/dns.go
index 770ac22538d..120c1d645a6 100644
--- a/internal/dnsforward/dns.go
+++ b/internal/dnsforward/dns.go
@@ -383,14 +383,13 @@ func (s *Server) ipToHost(ip net.IP) (host string, ok bool) {
 		return "", false
 	}
 
-	var typOK bool
-	if host, typOK = v.(string); !typOK {
+	if host, ok = v.(string); !ok {
 		log.Error("dns: bad type %T in tableIPToHost for %s", v, ip)
 
 		return "", false
 	}
 
-	return host, ok
+	return host, true
 }
 
 // Respond to PTR requests if the target IP is leased by our DHCP server and the