diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/reactive/error/DefaultErrorAttributes.java b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/reactive/error/DefaultErrorAttributes.java
index 2e12136045f..e99cf14c3a5 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/reactive/error/DefaultErrorAttributes.java
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/web/reactive/error/DefaultErrorAttributes.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public class DefaultErrorAttributes implements ErrorAttributes {
 		errorAttributes.put("status", errorStatus.value());
 		errorAttributes.put("error", errorStatus.getReasonPhrase());
 		String message = determineMessage(error);
-		errorAttributes.put("message", message != null ? message : "");
+		errorAttributes.put("message", (message != null) ? message : "");
 		handleException(errorAttributes, determineException(error), includeStackTrace);
 		return errorAttributes;
 	}