diff --git a/.changeset/mean-fans-boil.md b/.changeset/mean-fans-boil.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75fae553b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/mean-fans-boil.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@khanacademy/perseus": patch
+---
+
+Minor refactoring of ServerItemRenderer's componentDidUpdate to reduce duplication
diff --git a/packages/perseus/src/server-item-renderer.tsx b/packages/perseus/src/server-item-renderer.tsx
index f842ad5e13..8e5dff99b5 100644
--- a/packages/perseus/src/server-item-renderer.tsx
+++ b/packages/perseus/src/server-item-renderer.tsx
@@ -137,13 +137,11 @@ export class ServerItemRenderer
     }
 
     componentDidUpdate(prevProps: Props, prevState: State) {
-        if (this.props.apiOptions.answerableCallback) {
+        const answerableCallback = this.props.apiOptions.answerableCallback;
+        if (answerableCallback != null) {
             const isAnswerable =
                 this.questionRenderer.emptyWidgets().length === 0;
-            const {answerableCallback} = this.props.apiOptions;
-            if (answerableCallback) {
-                answerableCallback(isAnswerable);
-            }
+            answerableCallback(isAnswerable);
         }
 
         if (!this._fullyRendered) {