diff --git a/candle-core/src/strided_index.rs b/candle-core/src/strided_index.rs
index 9354e8ea3..92734b844 100644
--- a/candle-core/src/strided_index.rs
+++ b/candle-core/src/strided_index.rs
@@ -36,10 +36,7 @@ impl Iterator for StridedIndex<'_> {
     type Item = usize;
 
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
-        let storage_index = match self.next_storage_index {
-            None => return None,
-            Some(storage_index) => storage_index,
-        };
+        let storage_index = self.next_storage_index?;
         let mut updated = false;
         let mut next_storage_index = storage_index;
         for ((multi_i, max_i), stride_i) in self
diff --git a/candle-nn/src/var_builder.rs b/candle-nn/src/var_builder.rs
index ba410e4ea..cce605080 100644
--- a/candle-nn/src/var_builder.rs
+++ b/candle-nn/src/var_builder.rs
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ impl SimpleBackend for candle::npy::NpzTensors {
     }
 
     fn contains_tensor(&self, name: &str) -> bool {
-        self.get(name).map_or(false, |v| v.is_some())
+        self.get(name).is_ok_and(|v| v.is_some())
     }
 }
 
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ impl SimpleBackend for candle::pickle::PthTensors {
     }
 
     fn contains_tensor(&self, name: &str) -> bool {
-        self.get(name).map_or(false, |v| v.is_some())
+        self.get(name).is_ok_and(|v| v.is_some())
     }
 }