diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index 9b40412d..496af946 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -1211,13 +1211,13 @@ get_uptime() {
             # Get uptime in seconds.
             case "$os" in
                 "Linux" | "Windows" | "MINIX")
-                    if [ -f /proc/uptime ]; then
+                    if [[ -r /proc/uptime ]]; then
                         seconds="$(< /proc/uptime)"
                         seconds="${seconds/.*}"
-                    else # Android >= 9 denies /proc/uptime access
-                        boot=$(date -d"$(uptime -s)" +%s) \
-                            && now="$(date +%s)" \
-                            && seconds="$((now - boot))"
+                    else
+                        boot="$(date -d"$(uptime -s)" +%s)"
+                        now="$(date +%s)"
+                        seconds="$((now - boot))"
                     fi
                 ;;