minor optimization in formatted text transform

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/asciidoctor/pdf/formatted_text/transform.rb b/lib/asciidoctor/pdf/formatted_text/transform.rb
index bf75bda9..f964f4e0 100644
--- a/lib/asciidoctor/pdf/formatted_text/transform.rb
+++ b/lib/asciidoctor/pdf/formatted_text/transform.rb
@@ -369,11 +369,10 @@ module Asciidoctor
             fragment = fragment.dup
             fragment[:styles] = fragment[:styles].dup if fragment.key? :styles
             fragment[:callback] = fragment[:callback].dup if fragment.key? :callback
+            append ? (fragment.update append) : fragment
           else
-            fragment = {}
+            append || {}
           end
-          fragment.update append if append
-          fragment
         end
 
         def to_styles font_style, text_decoration = nil