From adefff2667c7a953cc62ee6ec34c55c9fe714340 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Grant <mgrant@grant.org>
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2026 13:35:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Make if clearer.

---
 layout-custom.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/layout-custom.c b/layout-custom.c
index f801108ec..7921dbcfc 100644
--- a/layout-custom.c
+++ b/layout-custom.c
@@ -850,8 +850,11 @@ layout_prepare(struct window *w, const char *layout, char **cause)
 	ctx.cells = 0;
 	has_checksum = layout_parse_checksum(&ctx, &csum);
 	body = ctx.ptr;
-	if ((has_checksum && csum != layout_checksum(body, ctx.end)) ||
-	    layout_construct(&ctx, NULL, &root) != 0) {
+	if (has_checksum && csum != layout_checksum(body, ctx.end)) {
+		*cause = xstrdup("invalid layout checksum");
+		return (NULL);
+	}
+	if (layout_construct(&ctx, NULL, &root) != 0) {
 		*cause = xstrdup("invalid layout");
 		layout_free_cell(root);
 		return (NULL);