diff --git a/internal/agent/agent.go b/internal/agent/agent.go
index 97017528ecff2404e69dbab057f7b1987aa9646c..822d8c4fec8190db560502e883aa897c3676d251 100644
--- a/internal/agent/agent.go
+++ b/internal/agent/agent.go
@@ -625,8 +625,7 @@ func (a *sessionAgent) Summarize(ctx context.Context, sessionID string, opts fan
 		// so the UI doesn't get stuck in a "Summarizing" state forever.
 		summaryMessage.FinishThinking()
 		summaryMessage.AddFinish(message.FinishReasonError, "Summarization failed", err.Error())
-		updateErr := a.messages.Update(ctx, summaryMessage)
-		if updateErr != nil {
+		if updateErr := a.messages.Update(ctx, summaryMessage); updateErr != nil {
 			return updateErr
 		}
 		return err