diff --git a/dune/istl/bcrsmatrix.hh b/dune/istl/bcrsmatrix.hh
index 7f45b4b268fa6c4a60aa23e3771ac5dffbf4ce72..6965fc726c352e056e4e5d00c529832b5fef8b7f 100644
--- a/dune/istl/bcrsmatrix.hh
+++ b/dune/istl/bcrsmatrix.hh
@@ -1031,10 +1031,7 @@ namespace Dune {
       //! return true if column index is in row
       bool contains (size_type j)
       {
-        if (pattern.find(j)!=pattern.end())
-          return true;
-        else
-          return false;
+        return pattern.find(j) != pattern.end();
       }
       /**
        * @brief Get the current row size.