diff --git a/lib/mempool/mempool.js b/lib/mempool/mempool.js
index 44dbeb06..4f91c4bf 100644
--- a/lib/mempool/mempool.js
+++ b/lib/mempool/mempool.js
@@ -961,21 +961,17 @@ Mempool.prototype.verify = async function verify(entry, view) {
     flags &= ~Script.flags.VERIFY_WITNESS;
     flags &= ~Script.flags.VERIFY_CLEANSTACK;
 
-    const valid1 = await this.verifyResult(tx, view, flags);
-
     // If it failed, the first verification
     // was the only result we needed.
-    if (!valid1)
+    if (!await this.verifyResult(tx, view, flags))
       throw err;
 
     // If it succeeded, segwit may be causing the
     // failure. Try with segwit but without cleanstack.
     flags |= Script.flags.VERIFY_CLEANSTACK;
 
-    const valid2 = await this.verifyResult(tx, view, flags);
-
     // Cleanstack was causing the failure.
-    if (valid2)
+    if (await this.verifyResult(tx, view, flags))
       throw err;
 
     // Do not insert into reject cache.
@@ -986,8 +982,8 @@ Mempool.prototype.verify = async function verify(entry, view) {
   // Paranoid checks.
   if (this.options.paranoidChecks) {
     const flags = Script.flags.MANDATORY_VERIFY_FLAGS;
-    const valid = await this.verifyResult(tx, view, flags);
-    assert(valid, 'BUG: Verify failed for mandatory but not standard.');
+    assert(await this.verifyResult(tx, view, flags),
+      'BUG: Verify failed for mandatory but not standard.');
   }
 };