diff --git a/src/plugins/nightlight/nightlightmanager.cpp b/src/plugins/nightlight/nightlightmanager.cpp
index fab9c06d4d..a711dc5809 100644
--- a/src/plugins/nightlight/nightlightmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/nightlight/nightlightmanager.cpp
@@ -609,16 +609,18 @@ int NightLightManager::currentTargetTemp() const
     const QDateTime todayNow = QDateTime::currentDateTime();
 
     auto f = [this, todayNow](int target1, int target2) {
-        if (todayNow < m_prev.second) {
-            double residueQuota = todayNow.msecsTo(m_prev.second) / (double)m_prev.first.msecsTo(m_prev.second);
-
-            double ret = (int)((1. - residueQuota) * (double)target2 + residueQuota * (double)target1);
-            // remove single digits
-            ret = ((int)(0.1 * ret)) * 10;
-            return (int)ret;
-        } else {
+        if (todayNow <= m_prev.first) {
+            return target1;
+        }
+        if (todayNow >= m_prev.second) {
             return target2;
         }
+
+        double residueQuota = todayNow.msecsTo(m_prev.second) / (double)m_prev.first.msecsTo(m_prev.second);
+        double ret = (int)((1. - residueQuota) * (double)target2 + residueQuota * (double)target1);
+        // remove single digits
+        ret = ((int)(0.1 * ret)) * 10;
+        return (int)ret;
     };
 
     if (daylight()) {