From 9639f40e55a59533d32edf978f6dcaccd2170d1c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Nadareski <mnadareski@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2025 16:15:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] No reason for these to use inline null checks

---
 BinaryObjectScanner/Scanner.cs | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/BinaryObjectScanner/Scanner.cs b/BinaryObjectScanner/Scanner.cs
index f76a3c51..cc950298 100644
--- a/BinaryObjectScanner/Scanner.cs
+++ b/BinaryObjectScanner/Scanner.cs
@@ -347,10 +347,12 @@ namespace BinaryObjectScanner
                         }
 
                         // Prepare the returned protections
-                        subProtections?.StripFromKeys(tempPath);
-                        subProtections?.PrependToKeys(fileName);
                         if (subProtections != null)
+                        {
+                            subProtections.StripFromKeys(tempPath);
+                            subProtections.PrependToKeys(fileName);
                             protections.Append(subProtections);
+                        }
                     }
                     catch (Exception ex)
                     {