diff --git a/client/mysqltest.c b/client/mysqltest.c
index f30af82dabd67f66a8aabd6ea853180238cbfa88..b3357db6958154c01a30f74f6b104202dd855f92 100644
--- a/client/mysqltest.c
+++ b/client/mysqltest.c
@@ -2602,11 +2602,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* fix up query pointer if this is * first iteration for this line */
 	if (q->query == q->query_buf)
 	  q->query += q->first_word_len + 1;
-	switch(q->type)
-	{
-	case Q_QUERY_VERTICAL: display_result_vertically= TRUE; break;
-	case Q_QUERY_HORIZONTAL: display_result_vertically= FALSE; break;
-	}
+	display_result_vertically= (q->type==Q_QUERY_VERTICAL);
 	error |= run_query(&cur_con->mysql, q, QUERY_REAP|QUERY_SEND);
 	display_result_vertically= old_display_result_vertically;
 	break;