diff --git a/scripts/bloat-o-meter b/scripts/bloat-o-meter
index af42f8402..ce59fc2d8 100755
--- a/scripts/bloat-o-meter
+++ b/scripts/bloat-o-meter
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ def getsizes(file):
     for l in os.popen("nm --size-sort " + file).readlines():
         size, type, name = l[:-1].split()
         if type in "tTdDbB":
-            if name.find(".") != -1: name = "static." + name.split(".")[0]
-            if name in sym: sym[name] += int(size, 16)
-            else :sym[name] = int(size, 16)
+            if "." in name: name = "static." + name.split(".")[0]
+            sym[name] = sym.get(name, 0) + int(size, 16)
     return sym
 
 old = getsizes(sys.argv[1])