diff --git a/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb b/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
index 9540478..0f4a110 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/standardfilters.rb
@@ -423,11 +423,8 @@ module Liquid
 
     def default(input, default_value = '', options = {})
       options = {} unless options.is_a?(Hash)
-      if (options["allow_false"] == true ? input.nil? : !input) || (input.respond_to?(:empty?) && input.empty?)
-        default_value
-      else
-        input
-      end
+      false_check = options['allow_false'] ? input.nil? : !input
+      false_check || (input.respond_to?(:empty?) && input.empty?) ? default_value : input
     end
 
     private
diff --git a/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb b/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb
index 9919184..7057463 100644
--- a/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/standard_filter_test.rb
@@ -679,22 +679,22 @@ class StandardFiltersTest < Minitest::Test
   end
 
   def test_default
-    assert_equal "foo", @filters.default("foo", "bar")
-    assert_equal "bar", @filters.default(nil, "bar")
-    assert_equal "bar", @filters.default("", "bar")
-    assert_equal "bar", @filters.default(false, "bar")
-    assert_equal "bar", @filters.default([], "bar")
-    assert_equal "bar", @filters.default({}, "bar")
+    assert_equal("foo", @filters.default("foo", "bar"))
+    assert_equal("bar", @filters.default(nil, "bar"))
+    assert_equal("bar", @filters.default("", "bar"))
+    assert_equal("bar", @filters.default(false, "bar"))
+    assert_equal("bar", @filters.default([], "bar"))
+    assert_equal("bar", @filters.default({}, "bar"))
     assert_template_result('bar', "{{ false | default: 'bar' }}")
   end
 
   def test_default_handle_false
-    assert_equal "foo", @filters.default("foo", "bar", "allow_false" => true)
-    assert_equal "bar", @filters.default(nil, "bar", "allow_false" => true)
-    assert_equal "bar", @filters.default("", "bar", "allow_false" => true)
-    assert_equal false, @filters.default(false, "bar", "allow_false" => true)
-    assert_equal "bar", @filters.default([], "bar", "allow_false" => true)
-    assert_equal "bar", @filters.default({}, "bar", "allow_false" => true)
+    assert_equal("foo", @filters.default("foo", "bar", "allow_false" => true))
+    assert_equal("bar", @filters.default(nil, "bar", "allow_false" => true))
+    assert_equal("bar", @filters.default("", "bar", "allow_false" => true))
+    assert_equal(false, @filters.default(false, "bar", "allow_false" => true))
+    assert_equal("bar", @filters.default([], "bar", "allow_false" => true))
+    assert_equal("bar", @filters.default({}, "bar", "allow_false" => true))
     assert_template_result('false', "{{ false | default: 'bar', allow_false: true }}")
   end