1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/Meta.hs b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/Meta.hs
index 938e393bb..965e33d94 100644
--- a/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/Meta.hs
+++ b/src/Text/Pandoc/Readers/Org/Meta.hs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import Text.Pandoc.Shared (safeRead)
 import Control.Monad (mzero, void, when)
 import Data.Char (toLower)
 import Data.List (intersperse)
+import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
 import qualified Data.Map as M
 import Network.HTTP (urlEncode)
 
@@ -191,16 +192,12 @@ parseFormat = try $ replacePlain <|> replaceUrl <|> justAppend
 
 setEmphasisPreChar :: Maybe [Char] -> OrgParserState -> OrgParserState
 setEmphasisPreChar csMb st =
-  let preChars = case csMb of
-                   Nothing -> orgStateEmphasisPreChars defaultOrgParserState
-                   Just cs -> cs
+  let preChars = fromMaybe (orgStateEmphasisPostChars defaultOrgParserState) csMb
   in st { orgStateEmphasisPreChars = preChars }
 
 setEmphasisPostChar :: Maybe [Char] -> OrgParserState -> OrgParserState
 setEmphasisPostChar csMb st =
-  let postChars = case csMb of
-                   Nothing -> orgStateEmphasisPostChars defaultOrgParserState
-                   Just cs -> cs
+  let postChars = fromMaybe (orgStateEmphasisPostChars defaultOrgParserState) csMb
   in st { orgStateEmphasisPostChars = postChars }
 
 emphChars :: Monad m => OrgParser m (Maybe [Char])