From 432d00de19d9bbc2d937935d3f8fa7e2c42b215c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mark_story <mark@mark-story.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:37:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Another small optimization.

---
 lib/Cake/Utility/Hash.php | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/Cake/Utility/Hash.php b/lib/Cake/Utility/Hash.php
index 7a88c38d5c4..dc96c769ebf 100644
--- a/lib/Cake/Utility/Hash.php
+++ b/lib/Cake/Utility/Hash.php
@@ -276,15 +276,14 @@ protected static function _simpleOp($op, $data, $path, $values = null) {
 			} elseif ($op === 'remove') {
 				if ($i === $last) {
 					unset($_list[$key]);
-				} else {
-					if (!isset($_list[$key])) {
-						return $data;
-					}
-					$_list =& $_list[$key];
+					return $data;
+				}
+				if (!isset($_list[$key])) {
+					return $data;
 				}
+				$_list =& $_list[$key];
 			}
 		}
-		return $data;
 	}
 
 /**