diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema/group_version.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema/group_version.go
index da642fa73f1..5f02961d326 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema/group_version.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime/schema/group_version.go
@@ -85,11 +85,10 @@ func ParseGroupKind(gk string) GroupKind {
 // ParseGroupResource turns "resource.group" string into a GroupResource struct.  Empty strings are allowed
 // for each field.
 func ParseGroupResource(gr string) GroupResource {
-	if i := strings.Index(gr, "."); i == -1 {
-		return GroupResource{Resource: gr}
-	} else {
+	if i := strings.Index(gr, "."); i >= 0 {
 		return GroupResource{Group: gr[i+1:], Resource: gr[:i]}
 	}
+	return GroupResource{Resource: gr}
 }
 
 // GroupVersionResource unambiguously identifies a resource.  It doesn't anonymously include GroupVersion