diff --git a/stackslib/src/chainstate/stacks/index/trie.rs b/stackslib/src/chainstate/stacks/index/trie.rs
index 1b7b3965e1..a6df92d104 100644
--- a/stackslib/src/chainstate/stacks/index/trie.rs
+++ b/stackslib/src/chainstate/stacks/index/trie.rs
@@ -378,13 +378,8 @@ impl Trie {
         // append the new leaf and the end of the file.
         let new_leaf_disk_ptr = storage.last_ptr()?;
         let new_leaf_chr = cursor.path[cursor.tell()]; // NOTE: this is safe because !cursor.eop()
-        let new_leaf_path = cursor.path[(if cursor.tell() < cursor.path.len() {
-            cursor.tell() + 1
-        } else {
-            cursor.path.len()
-        })..]
-            .to_vec();
-        new_leaf_data.path = new_leaf_path;
+        new_leaf_data.path =
+            cursor.path[std::cmp::min(cursor.tell() + 1, cursor.path.len())..].to_vec();
         let new_leaf_hash = get_leaf_hash(new_leaf_data);
 
         // put new leaf at the end of this Trie