diff --git a/src/libs/EmojiTrie.js b/src/libs/EmojiTrie.js
index 7e1022d52a0d..5d7a15dbf885 100644
--- a/src/libs/EmojiTrie.js
+++ b/src/libs/EmojiTrie.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import CONST from '../CONST';
 
 Timing.start(CONST.TIMING.TRIE_INITIALIZATION);
 
-// Create a Trie object
 const emojisTrie = new Trie();
 
 // Inserting all emojis into the Trie object
diff --git a/src/libs/Trie/index.js b/src/libs/Trie/index.js
index 1fff2eebbb61..0d6c84415877 100644
--- a/src/libs/Trie/index.js
+++ b/src/libs/Trie/index.js
@@ -80,11 +80,10 @@ class Trie {
         let prefix = '';
         for (let i = 0; i < newSubstr.length; i++) {
             prefix += newSubstr[i];
-            if (node.children[newSubstr[i]]) {
-                node = node.children[newSubstr[i]];
-            } else {
+            if (!node.children[newSubstr[i]]) {
                 return [];
             }
+            node = node.children[newSubstr[i]];
         }
         return this.getChildMatching(node, prefix, limit, []);
     }