diff --git a/src/_imagingcms.c b/src/_imagingcms.c
index f18d55a5718..63d78f84daa 100644
--- a/src/_imagingcms.c
+++ b/src/_imagingcms.c
@@ -213,34 +213,37 @@ cms_transform_dealloc(CmsTransformObject *self) {
 
 static cmsUInt32Number
 findLCMStype(char *PILmode) {
-    if (strcmp(PILmode, "RGB") == 0) {
+    if (
+        strcmp(PILmode, "RGB") == 0 ||
+        strcmp(PILmode, "RGBA") == 0 ||
+        strcmp(PILmode, "RGBX") == 0
+    ) {
         return TYPE_RGBA_8;
-    } else if (strcmp(PILmode, "RGBA") == 0) {
-        return TYPE_RGBA_8;
-    } else if (strcmp(PILmode, "RGBX") == 0) {
-        return TYPE_RGBA_8;
-    } else if (strcmp(PILmode, "RGBA;16B") == 0) {
+    }
+    if (strcmp(PILmode, "RGBA;16B") == 0) {
         return TYPE_RGBA_16;
-    } else if (strcmp(PILmode, "CMYK") == 0) {
+    }
+    if (strcmp(PILmode, "CMYK") == 0) {
         return TYPE_CMYK_8;
-    } else if (strcmp(PILmode, "L") == 0) {
-        return TYPE_GRAY_8;
-    } else if (strcmp(PILmode, "L;16") == 0) {
+    }
+    if (strcmp(PILmode, "L;16") == 0) {
         return TYPE_GRAY_16;
-    } else if (strcmp(PILmode, "L;16B") == 0) {
+    }
+    if (strcmp(PILmode, "L;16B") == 0) {
         return TYPE_GRAY_16_SE;
-    } else if (strcmp(PILmode, "YCCA") == 0) {
-        return TYPE_YCbCr_8;
-    } else if (strcmp(PILmode, "YCC") == 0) {
+    }
+    if (
+        strcmp(PILmode, "YCCA") == 0 ||
+        strcmp(PILmode, "YCC") == 0
+    ) {
         return TYPE_YCbCr_8;
-    } else if (strcmp(PILmode, "LAB") == 0) {
+    }
+    if (strcmp(PILmode, "LAB") == 0) {
         // LabX equivalent like ALab, but not reversed -- no #define in lcms2
         return (COLORSPACE_SH(PT_LabV2) | CHANNELS_SH(3) | BYTES_SH(1) | EXTRA_SH(1));
     }
-    else {
-        /* take a wild guess... */
-        return TYPE_GRAY_8;
-    }
+    /* presume "L" by default */
+    return TYPE_GRAY_8;
 }
 
 #define Cms_Min(a, b) ((a) < (b) ? (a) : (b))