diff --git a/gitweb/gitweb.perl b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
index 097bd18be5..c72ae10ef1 100755
--- a/gitweb/gitweb.perl
+++ b/gitweb/gitweb.perl
@@ -690,9 +690,10 @@ sub evaluate_path_info {
 		# format key itself, with a prepended dot
 		while (my ($fmt, $opt) = each %known_snapshot_formats) {
 			my $hash = $refname;
-			my $sfx;
-			$hash =~ s/(\Q$opt->{'suffix'}\E|\Q.$fmt\E)$//;
-			next unless $sfx = $1;
+			unless ($hash =~ s/(\Q$opt->{'suffix'}\E|\Q.$fmt\E)$//) {
+				next;
+			}
+			my $sfx = $1;
 			# a valid suffix was found, so set the snapshot format
 			# and reset the hash parameter
 			$input_params{'snapshot_format'} = $fmt;