diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 67d14eec23..89ce1af652 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@
 05-05-2019 - New keycode macro (XP) for shifted character pairs using UNICODEMAP, and bugfixes/improvements  
 05-05-2019 - Add `LINK_TIME_OPTIMIZATION_ENABLE` to enable LTO and disable problematic features that cause LTO to fail  
 05-05-2019 - Fix issue with Space Cadet  
+05-06-2019 - More readable fix of Mousekeys issue  
 05-06-2019 - Changes to Split Common and OLED code  
 05-16-2019 - Add RGB Light Effect Range functionality   
diff --git a/tmk_core/common/mousekey.c b/tmk_core/common/mousekey.c
index 5b85268a03..bb08576b9f 100644
--- a/tmk_core/common/mousekey.c
+++ b/tmk_core/common/mousekey.c
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ void mousekey_task(void) {
   /* diagonal move [1/sqrt(2)] */
   if (mouse_report.x && mouse_report.y) {
     mouse_report.x = times_inv_sqrt2(mouse_report.x);
-    mouse_report.x = mouse_report.x == 0 ? 1 : mouse_report.x;
+    if (mouse_report.x == 0) { mouse_report.x = 1; }
     mouse_report.y = times_inv_sqrt2(mouse_report.y);
-    mouse_report.y = mouse_report.y == 0 ? 1 : mouse_report.y;
+    if (mouse_report.y == 0) { mouse_report.y = 1; }
   }
   if (mouse_report.v > 0) mouse_report.v = wheel_unit();
   if (mouse_report.v < 0) mouse_report.v = wheel_unit() * -1;
@@ -234,9 +234,9 @@ void adjust_speed(void) {
   // adjust for diagonals
   if (mouse_report.x && mouse_report.y) {
   mouse_report.x = times_inv_sqrt2(mouse_report.x);
-  mouse_report.x = mouse_report.x == 0 ? 1 : mouse_report.x;
+  if (mouse_report.x == 0) { mouse_report.x = 1; }
   mouse_report.y = times_inv_sqrt2(mouse_report.y);
-  mouse_report.y = mouse_report.y == 0 ? 1 : mouse_report.y;
+  if (mouse_report.y == 0) { mouse_report.y = 1; }
   }
   if (mouse_report.h && mouse_report.v) {
   mouse_report.h = times_inv_sqrt2(mouse_report.h);