diff --git a/DataStructures/Trees/LevelOrderTraversal.java b/DataStructures/Trees/LevelOrderTraversal.java
index 8cb304f18c8f..1f657d92be97 100644
--- a/DataStructures/Trees/LevelOrderTraversal.java
+++ b/DataStructures/Trees/LevelOrderTraversal.java
@@ -37,14 +37,10 @@ int height(Node root)
            return 0;
         else
         {
-            /* compute  height of each subtree */
-            int lheight = height(root.left);
-            int rheight = height(root.right);
-             
-            /* use the larger one */
-            if (lheight > rheight)
-                return(lheight+1);
-            else return(rheight+1); 
+            /**
+             * Return the height of larger subtree
+             */
+            return Math.max(height(root.left),height(root.right)) + 1;
         }
     }
  
@@ -75,4 +71,4 @@ public static void main(String args[])
        System.out.println("Level order traversal of binary tree is ");
        tree.printLevelOrder();
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}