diff --git a/src/Microsoft.WSMan.Management/WSManConnections.cs b/src/Microsoft.WSMan.Management/WSManConnections.cs
index c83ed7e9e..cac519674 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.WSMan.Management/WSManConnections.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.WSMan.Management/WSManConnections.cs
@@ -360,10 +360,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.WSMan.Management
         protected override void BeginProcessing()
         {
             WSManHelper helper = new WSManHelper(this);
-            if (computername == null)
-            {
-                computername = "localhost";
-            }
+            computername ??= "localhost";
 
             if (this.SessionState.Path.CurrentProviderLocation(WSManStringLiterals.rootpath).Path.StartsWith(WSManStringLiterals.rootpath + ":" + WSManStringLiterals.DefaultPathSeparator + computername, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
             {