diff --git a/app/controllers/groups/variables_controller.rb b/app/controllers/groups/variables_controller.rb
index 3e78711dabf5df2624c4d29f2a7d36411021eee0..0ebfebd6682a465f9faee977c6d53247e5655128 100644
--- a/app/controllers/groups/variables_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/groups/variables_controller.rb
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ module Groups
     end
 
     def update
-      respond_to do |format|
-        format.json do
-          if @group.update(variables_params)
-            return render status: :ok, json: { variables: GroupVariableSerializer.new.represent(@group.variables) }
-          end
-
-          render status: :bad_request, json: @group.errors.full_messages
+      if @group.update(variables_params)
+        respond_to do |format|
+          format.json { return render status: :ok, json: { variables: GroupVariableSerializer.new.represent(@group.variables) } }
+        end
+      else
+        respond_to do |format|
+          format.json { render status: :bad_request, json: @group.errors.full_messages }
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/app/controllers/projects/variables_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects/variables_controller.rb
index 18225218a1b1886ce6f3a9226ba3d2b70fe246b2..329e1cdfef088f99fb4c1be6c2f67117d9f772c4 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects/variables_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects/variables_controller.rb
@@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ class Projects::VariablesController < Projects::ApplicationController
   end
 
   def update
-    respond_to do |format|
-      format.json do
-        if @project.update(variables_params)
-          return render status: :ok, json: { variables: VariableSerializer.new.represent(@project.variables) }
-        end
-
-        render status: :bad_request, json: @project.errors.full_messages
+    if @project.update(variables_params)
+      respond_to do |format|
+        format.json { return render status: :ok, json: { variables: VariableSerializer.new.represent(@project.variables) } }
+      end
+    else
+      respond_to do |format|
+        format.json { render status: :bad_request, json: @project.errors.full_messages }
       end
     end
   end