diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb
index c06effa99b..f7e3883bad 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/dev-cmd/bottle.rb
@@ -339,10 +339,8 @@ module Homebrew
         else
           0
         end
-      end
+      end || 0
     end
-    # FormulaVersions#formula_at_revision returns nil for new formulae
-    rebuild ||= 0
 
     filename = Bottle::Filename.create(f, bottle_tag.to_sym, rebuild)
     local_filename = filename.to_s