diff --git a/src/app/root-view.coffee b/src/app/root-view.coffee
index a8a2ada13..6b4bf73bb 100644
--- a/src/app/root-view.coffee
+++ b/src/app/root-view.coffee
@@ -97,11 +97,8 @@ class RootView extends View
     changeFocus = options.changeFocus ? true
     path = project.resolve(path) if path?
     if activePane = @getActivePane()
-      if editSession = activePane.itemForUri(path)
-        activePane.showItem(editSession)
-      else
-        editSession = project.buildEditSession(path)
-        activePane.showItem(editSession)
+      editSession = activePane.itemForUri(path) ? project.buildEditSession(path)
+      activePane.showItem(editSession)
     else
       editSession = project.buildEditSession(path)
       activePane = new Pane(editSession)