1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Bugzilla/Template.pm b/Bugzilla/Template.pm
index b35a9d269..18560c3f5 100644
--- a/Bugzilla/Template.pm
+++ b/Bugzilla/Template.pm
@@ -558,10 +558,9 @@ $Template::Stash::SCALAR_OPS->{ 0 } =
 $Template::Stash::SCALAR_OPS->{ truncate } = 
   sub {
       my ($string, $length, $ellipsis) = @_;
-      $ellipsis ||= "";
-      
       return $string if !$length || length($string) <= $length;
-      
+
+      $ellipsis ||= '';
       my $strlen = $length - length($ellipsis);
       my $newstr = substr($string, 0, $strlen) . $ellipsis;
       return $newstr;