diff --git a/inc/functions.php b/inc/functions.php
index 9c956cda..72e6afaa 100644
--- a/inc/functions.php
+++ b/inc/functions.php
@@ -2813,6 +2813,17 @@ function handle_dice_roll_markup(array $matches, ?string $img_path): string {
 		$dice_faces = 6;
 	}
 
+	$tot = $dice_offset;
+	for ($i = 0; $i < $dice_count; $i++) {
+		$tot += mt_rand(1, $dice_faces);
+	}
+
+	if ($img_path !== null) {
+		$img_text = "<img src='{$config['root']}{$img_path}' alt='dice' title='dice' class=\"inline-dice\"/>";
+	} else {
+		$img_text = '';
+	}
+
 	if ($dice_offset === 0) {
 		$dice_offset_text = '';
 	} elseif ($dice_offset > 0) {
@@ -2821,21 +2832,7 @@ function handle_dice_roll_markup(array $matches, ?string $img_path): string {
 		$dice_offset_text = (string)$dice_offset;
 	}
 
-	if ($img_path !== null) {
-		$text = "<span><img src='{$config['root']}{$img_path}' alt='dice' title='dice' class=\"inline-dice\"/>";
-	} else {
-		$text = '<span>';
-	}
-
-	$text .= " {$dice_count}d{$dice_faces}{$dice_offset_text} =<b>";
-	for ($i = 0; $i < $dice_count; $i++) {
-		$res = $dice_offset + mt_rand(1, $dice_faces);
-		$text .= " $res";
-	}
-
-	$text .= '</b></span>';
-
-	return $text;
+	return "<span>$img_text {$dice_count}d{$dice_faces}{$dice_offset_text} = <b>$tot</b></span>";
 }
 
 function slugify($post) {