diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/FindMax.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/FindMax.java
index 0ff2bdd191ac..fe9e57b6c1b3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/FindMax.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/FindMax.java
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ public static int findMax(final int[] array) {
         }
         int max = array[0];
         for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) {
-            if (array[i] > max) {
-                max = array[i];
-            }
+            max = Math.max(array[i] , array[i+1]);
         }
         return max;
     }