From 68157075877a2dae4d015081d17b6b0597f18276 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sat, 25 May 2024 10:58:29 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] ...

---
 src/calibre/utils/img.py | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/img.py b/src/calibre/utils/img.py
index 1fe8017bd5..f45c3ad5f3 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/img.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/img.py
@@ -784,9 +784,8 @@ def read_alt_text(pil_im_or_path, target_lang='') -> str:
         im = pil_im_or_path
     xmp = read_xmp_from_pil_image(im)
     if xmp:
-        alt = read_alt_text_from_xmp(xmp, target_lang)
-        if alt:
-            return alt.strip()
+        if alt := read_alt_text_from_xmp(xmp, target_lang).strip():
+            return alt
     exif = im.getexif()
     if exif:
         if desc := exif.get(270):