diff --git a/kittens/transfer/ftc.go b/kittens/transfer/ftc.go
index c7a8ab9bb..5dbc24772 100644
--- a/kittens/transfer/ftc.go
+++ b/kittens/transfer/ftc.go
@@ -335,10 +335,8 @@ func split_for_transfer(data []byte, file_id string, mark_last bool, callback fu
 			chunk = data[:chunk_size]
 		}
 		data = data[len(chunk):]
-		ac := Action_data
-		if mark_last && len(data) == 0 {
-			ac = Action_end_data
-		}
-		callback(&FileTransmissionCommand{Action: ac, File_id: file_id, Data: chunk})
+		callback(&FileTransmissionCommand{
+			Action:  utils.IfElse(mark_last && len(data) == 0, Action_end_data, Action_data),
+			File_id: file_id, Data: chunk})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tools/utils/misc.go b/tools/utils/misc.go
index 2549cbd06..300ad952b 100644
--- a/tools/utils/misc.go
+++ b/tools/utils/misc.go
@@ -248,3 +248,10 @@ func SetStructDefaults(v reflect.Value) (err error) {
 	}
 	return
 }
+
+func IfElse[T any](condition bool, if_val T, else_val T) T {
+	if condition {
+		return if_val
+	}
+	return else_val
+}