diff --git a/internal/reader/sanitizer/sanitizer.go b/internal/reader/sanitizer/sanitizer.go
index cd4207d3e30..5e31a6360ec 100644
--- a/internal/reader/sanitizer/sanitizer.go
+++ b/internal/reader/sanitizer/sanitizer.go
@@ -428,8 +428,7 @@ func sanitizeSrcsetAttr(baseURL, value string) string {
 	imageCandidates := ParseSrcSetAttribute(value)
 
 	for _, imageCandidate := range imageCandidates {
-		absoluteURL, err := urllib.AbsoluteURL(baseURL, imageCandidate.ImageURL)
-		if err == nil {
+		if absoluteURL, err := urllib.AbsoluteURL(baseURL, imageCandidate.ImageURL); err == nil {
 			imageCandidate.ImageURL = absoluteURL
 		}
 	}