diff --git a/llvm/lib/ObjCopy/CommonConfig.cpp b/llvm/lib/ObjCopy/CommonConfig.cpp
index f44e70d996b2e..ff3cb4d44c126 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/ObjCopy/CommonConfig.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/ObjCopy/CommonConfig.cpp
@@ -20,11 +20,7 @@ NameOrPattern::create(StringRef Pattern, MatchStyle MS,
     return NameOrPattern(Pattern);
   case MatchStyle::Wildcard: {
     SmallVector<char, 32> Data;
-    bool IsPositiveMatch = true;
-    if (Pattern[0] == '!') {
-      IsPositiveMatch = false;
-      Pattern = Pattern.drop_front();
-    }
+    bool IsPositiveMatch = !Pattern.consume_front("!");
     Expected<GlobPattern> GlobOrErr = GlobPattern::create(Pattern);
 
     // If we couldn't create it as a glob, report the error, but try again