diff --git a/osu.Game/IO/HardLinkHelper.cs b/osu.Game/IO/HardLinkHelper.cs
index c8fc6d9f49..d6ca11a68f 100644
--- a/osu.Game/IO/HardLinkHelper.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/IO/HardLinkHelper.cs
@@ -56,14 +56,17 @@ namespace osu.Game.IO
 
         public static bool AttemptHardLink(string testDestinationPath, string testSourcePath)
         {
-            bool isHardLinkAvailable = false;
+            switch (RuntimeInfo.OS)
+            {
+                case RuntimeInfo.Platform.Windows:
+                    return CreateHardLink(testDestinationPath, testSourcePath, IntPtr.Zero);
 
-            if (RuntimeInfo.OS == RuntimeInfo.Platform.Windows)
-                isHardLinkAvailable = CreateHardLink(testDestinationPath, testSourcePath, IntPtr.Zero);
-            else if (RuntimeInfo.OS == RuntimeInfo.Platform.Linux)
-                isHardLinkAvailable = link(testSourcePath, testDestinationPath) == 0;
+                case RuntimeInfo.Platform.Linux:
+                    return link(testSourcePath, testDestinationPath) == 0;
 
-            return isHardLinkAvailable;
+                default:
+                    return false;
+            }
         }
 
         // For future use (to detect if a file is a hard link with other references existing on disk).