From ade764157ff7ff27ab11ed8b61791a7edef8e683 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eli White <github@eli-white.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:58:30 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [Native] If statement cleanup for null targets (#17346)

---
 .../react-native-renderer/src/ReactFabricEventEmitter.js    | 6 ++----
 .../react-native-renderer/src/ReactNativeEventEmitter.js    | 6 ++----
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-native-renderer/src/ReactFabricEventEmitter.js b/packages/react-native-renderer/src/ReactFabricEventEmitter.js
index 52d5136c0c..8fab4bfab6 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-renderer/src/ReactFabricEventEmitter.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-renderer/src/ReactFabricEventEmitter.js
@@ -43,11 +43,9 @@ export function dispatchEvent(
     );
   }
 
-  let eventTarget;
+  let eventTarget = null;
   if (enableNativeTargetAsInstance) {
-    if (targetFiber == null) {
-      eventTarget = null;
-    } else {
+    if (targetFiber != null) {
       eventTarget = targetFiber.stateNode.canonical;
     }
   } else {
diff --git a/packages/react-native-renderer/src/ReactNativeEventEmitter.js b/packages/react-native-renderer/src/ReactNativeEventEmitter.js
index 3bb9fee82c..7c2c6b9430 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-renderer/src/ReactNativeEventEmitter.js
+++ b/packages/react-native-renderer/src/ReactNativeEventEmitter.js
@@ -100,11 +100,9 @@ function _receiveRootNodeIDEvent(
   const nativeEvent = nativeEventParam || EMPTY_NATIVE_EVENT;
   const inst = getInstanceFromNode(rootNodeID);
 
-  let target;
+  let target = null;
   if (enableNativeTargetAsInstance) {
-    if (inst == null) {
-      target = null;
-    } else {
+    if (inst != null) {
       target = inst.stateNode;
     }
   } else {