diff --git a/screenshot.c b/screenshot.c
index e2d3cd3ae2..b6f40c532b 100644
--- a/screenshot.c
+++ b/screenshot.c
@@ -265,22 +265,15 @@ static bool take_screenshot_choice(void)
  **/
 bool take_screenshot(void)
 {
-   bool is_paused;
-   const char *msg_screenshot = NULL;
-   const char *msg            = NULL;
-   bool             ret = take_screenshot_choice();
-
-   if (ret)
-      msg_screenshot = msg_hash_to_str(MSG_TAKING_SCREENSHOT);
-   else
-      msg_screenshot = msg_hash_to_str(MSG_FAILED_TO_TAKE_SCREENSHOT);
-
-   msg = msg_screenshot;
+   bool             ret       = take_screenshot_choice();
+   const char *msg_screenshot = ret 
+      ? msg_hash_to_str(MSG_TAKING_SCREENSHOT)  :
+        msg_hash_to_str(MSG_FAILED_TO_TAKE_SCREENSHOT);
+   const char *msg            = msg_screenshot;
+   bool            is_paused  = runloop_ctl(RUNLOOP_CTL_IS_PAUSED, NULL);
 
    RARCH_LOG("%s.\n", msg);
 
-   is_paused = runloop_ctl(RUNLOOP_CTL_IS_PAUSED, NULL);
-
    runloop_msg_queue_push(msg, 1, is_paused ? 1 : 180, true);
 
    if (is_paused)