diff --git a/PVE/VZDump.pm b/PVE/VZDump.pm
index 0a35eea7..7099fd98 100644
--- a/PVE/VZDump.pm
+++ b/PVE/VZDump.pm
@@ -560,14 +560,11 @@ sub new {
     my $errors = '';
 
     if ($opts->{storage}) {
-	my $info;
-	eval {
-	    $info = storage_info ($opts->{storage});
-	};
+	my $info = eval { storage_info ($opts->{storage}) };
 	$errors .= "could not get storage information for '$opts->{storage}': $@"
 	    if ($@);
 	$opts->{dumpdir} = $info->{dumpdir};
-	$maxfiles = $info->{maxfiles} if !defined($maxfiles) && defined($info->{maxfiles});
+	$maxfiles //= $info->{maxfiles};
     } elsif ($opts->{dumpdir}) {
 	$errors .= "dumpdir '$opts->{dumpdir}' does not exist"
 	    if ! -d $opts->{dumpdir};