diff --git a/lib/i18n/backend/simple.rb b/lib/i18n/backend/simple.rb
index 0ccde48c..ce690484 100644
--- a/lib/i18n/backend/simple.rb
+++ b/lib/i18n/backend/simple.rb
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ def initialized?
         # level of the hash.
         def store_translations(locale, data, options = {})
           if I18n.available_locales_initialized? &&
-            I18n.available_locales.include?(locale.to_sym) == false &&
-            I18n.available_locales.include?(locale.to_s) == false
-            return translations
+            !I18n.available_locales.include?(locale.to_sym) &&
+            !I18n.available_locales.include?(locale.to_s)
+            return data
           end
           locale = locale.to_sym
           translations[locale] ||= {}