diff --git a/zebra-state/src/service/check/utxo.rs b/zebra-state/src/service/check/utxo.rs
index d29e5bca0..73f36d05f 100644
--- a/zebra-state/src/service/check/utxo.rs
+++ b/zebra-state/src/service/check/utxo.rs
@@ -152,25 +152,19 @@ fn transparent_spend_chain_order(
         });
     }
 
-    match (
-        non_finalized_chain_unspent_utxos.get(&spend),
-        finalized_state.utxo(&spend),
-    ) {
-        (None, None) => {
-            // we don't keep spent UTXOs in the finalized state,
-            // so all we can say is that it's missing from both
-            // the finalized and non-finalized chains
-            // (it might have been spent in the finalized state,
-            // or it might never have existed in this chain)
-            Err(MissingTransparentOutput {
-                outpoint: spend,
-                location: "the non-finalized and finalized chain",
-            })
-        }
-
-        (Some(utxo), _) => Ok(utxo.clone()),
-        (_, Some(utxo)) => Ok(utxo),
-    }
+    non_finalized_chain_unspent_utxos
+        .get(&spend)
+        .cloned()
+        .or_else(|| finalized_state.utxo(&spend))
+        // we don't keep spent UTXOs in the finalized state,
+        // so all we can say is that it's missing from both
+        // the finalized and non-finalized chains
+        // (it might have been spent in the finalized state,
+        // or it might never have existed in this chain)
+        .ok_or(MissingTransparentOutput {
+            outpoint: spend,
+            location: "the non-finalized and finalized chain",
+        })
 }
 
 /// Check that `utxo` is spendable, based on the coinbase `spend_restriction`.