diff --git a/caddyhttp/httpserver/logger.go b/caddyhttp/httpserver/logger.go
index 577464adc..0a263d471 100644
--- a/caddyhttp/httpserver/logger.go
+++ b/caddyhttp/httpserver/logger.go
@@ -79,10 +79,8 @@ func (l Logger) MaskIP(ip string) string {
 
 	if reqIP.To4() != nil {
 		return reqIP.Mask(l.V4ipMask).String()
-	} else {
-		return reqIP.Mask(l.V6ipMask).String()
 	}
-
+	return reqIP.Mask(l.V6ipMask).String()
 }
 
 // ShouldLog returns true if the path is not exempted from