From 8d6e7437480692d62e7b6402fc1a1ccc8ab032aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gary Gregory <garydgregory@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2022 16:21:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify

---
 .../org/apache/commons/lang3/exception/ExceptionUtils.java   | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/exception/ExceptionUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/exception/ExceptionUtils.java
index 218fab913..08f038af9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/exception/ExceptionUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/exception/ExceptionUtils.java
@@ -238,9 +238,8 @@ public class ExceptionUtils {
      * @since 2.2
      */
     public static String getRootCauseMessage(final Throwable throwable) {
-        Throwable root = getRootCause(throwable);
-        root = root == null ? throwable : root;
-        return getMessage(root);
+        final Throwable root = getRootCause(throwable);
+        return getMessage(root == null ? throwable : root);
     }
 
     /**