diff --git a/imageio/imageio-jpeg/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/jpeg/JPEGImageReaderSpi.java b/imageio/imageio-jpeg/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/jpeg/JPEGImageReaderSpi.java
index 2fd0f277..0550fa90 100644
--- a/imageio/imageio-jpeg/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/jpeg/JPEGImageReaderSpi.java
+++ b/imageio/imageio-jpeg/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/jpeg/JPEGImageReaderSpi.java
@@ -88,15 +88,14 @@ public class JPEGImageReaderSpi extends ImageReaderSpi {
     static ImageReaderSpi lookupDelegateProvider(final ServiceRegistry registry) {
         Iterator<ImageReaderSpi> it = registry.getServiceProviders(ImageReaderSpi.class, new ImageFormatFilter("JPEG"), true);
 
-        ImageReaderSpi ret = null;
         while (it.hasNext()) {
             ImageReaderSpi imageReaderSpi = it.next();
             if (imageReaderSpi.getClass().getCanonicalName().equals("com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageReaderSpi")) {
-                ret = imageReaderSpi;
+                return imageReaderSpi;
             }
         }
 
-        return ret;
+        return null;
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})
diff --git a/imageio/imageio-jpeg/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/jpeg/JPEGImageWriterSpi.java b/imageio/imageio-jpeg/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/jpeg/JPEGImageWriterSpi.java
index d4f0db50..2a9cce80 100644
--- a/imageio/imageio-jpeg/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/jpeg/JPEGImageWriterSpi.java
+++ b/imageio/imageio-jpeg/src/main/java/com/twelvemonkeys/imageio/plugins/jpeg/JPEGImageWriterSpi.java
@@ -89,15 +89,14 @@ public class JPEGImageWriterSpi extends ImageWriterSpi {
     static ImageWriterSpi lookupDelegateProvider(final ServiceRegistry registry) {
         Iterator<ImageWriterSpi> it = registry.getServiceProviders(ImageWriterSpi.class, new ImageFormatFilter("JPEG"), true);
 
-        ImageWriterSpi ret = null;
         while (it.hasNext()) {
             ImageWriterSpi imageWriterSpi = it.next();
             if (imageWriterSpi.getClass().getCanonicalName().equals("com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageWriterSpi")) {
-                ret = imageWriterSpi;
+                return imageWriterSpi;
             }
         }
 
-        return ret;
+        return null;
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})