diff --git a/pkg/allocate/allocate.go b/pkg/allocate/allocate.go
index afb5d14c4..76ac2ce64 100644
--- a/pkg/allocate/allocate.go
+++ b/pkg/allocate/allocate.go
@@ -119,12 +119,12 @@ func IterateForAssignment(ipnet net.IPNet, rangeStart net.IP, rangeEnd net.IP, r
 	// within ipnet, and make sure that ip is smaller than lastIP.
 	for ip := firstIP; ipnet.Contains(ip) && iphelpers.CompareIPs(ip, lastIP) <= 0; ip = iphelpers.IncIP(ip) {
 		// If already reserved, skip it.
-		if reserved[ip.String()]  {
-			if reserved[ip.String()] == podRef {
-				logging.Debugf("Found existing reservation %v with matching podRef %s", ip.String(), podRef)
-			} else {
-				continue; 
-			}
+		ref, exist := reserved[ip.String()]
+		if exist {
+			if ref != podRef {
+				continue
+			} 
+			logging.Debugf("Found existing reservation %v with matching podRef %s", ip.String(), podRef)
 		}
 		// If this IP is within the range of one of the excluded subnets, jump to the exluded subnet's broadcast address
 		// and skip.