diff --git a/app/services/user_updater.rb b/app/services/user_updater.rb
index b36309575a2..0203637e8dd 100644
--- a/app/services/user_updater.rb
+++ b/app/services/user_updater.rb
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ class UserUpdater
       user_profile.send("#{attribute}=", attributes[attribute])
     end
 
-    if fields = attributes[:custom_fields] && fields.present?
+    fields = attributes[:custom_fields]
+    if fields.present?
       user.custom_fields = fields
     end