1 files changed, 8 insertions, 16 deletions

diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index 45a04caebfd..aced59e1b8e 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -1250,26 +1250,18 @@ default_line_pixel_height (struct window *w)
 static Lisp_Object
 string_from_display_spec (Lisp_Object spec)
 {
-  if (CONSP (spec))
+  if (VECTORP (spec))
     {
-      do {
-        if (STRINGP (XCAR (spec)))
-          return XCAR (spec);
-        spec = XCDR (spec);
-      } while (CONSP (spec));
+      for (ptrdiff_t i = 0; i < ASIZE (spec); i++)
+        if (STRINGP (AREF (spec, i)))
+          return AREF (spec, i);
     }
-  else if (VECTORP (spec))
+  else
     {
-      ptrdiff_t i;
-
-      for (i = 0; i < ASIZE (spec); i++)
-        {
-          if (STRINGP (AREF (spec, i)))
-            return AREF (spec, i);
-        }
-      return Qnil;
+      for (; CONSP (spec); spec = XCDR (spec))
+        if (STRINGP (XCAR (spec)))
+          return XCAR (spec);
     }
-
   return spec;
 }