diff --git a/src/comm/QGCSerialPortInfo.cc b/src/comm/QGCSerialPortInfo.cc
index eec24e61d3cb948b8d08d3ba461fe9bfed49f6cd..5e50529b143297c1b99760f793020889fa23a238 100644
--- a/src/comm/QGCSerialPortInfo.cc
+++ b/src/comm/QGCSerialPortInfo.cc
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ bool QGCSerialPortInfo::getBoardInfo(QGCSerialPortInfo::BoardType_t& boardType,
 
 QString QGCSerialPortInfo::_boardTypeToString(BoardType_t boardType)
 {
+    QString unknown = QObject::tr("Unknown");
+
     switch (boardType) {
     case BoardTypePixhawk:
         return QObject::tr("Pixhawk");
@@ -239,8 +241,10 @@ QString QGCSerialPortInfo::_boardTypeToString(BoardType_t boardType)
     case BoardTypeRTKGPS:
         return QObject::tr("RTK GPS");
     case BoardTypeUnknown:
-        return QObject::tr("Unknown");
+        return unknown;
     }
+
+    return unknown;
 }