diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/editable.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/editable.dart
index 7952912b1b..779e38371f 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/editable.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/editable.dart
@@ -1918,15 +1918,13 @@ class RenderEditable extends RenderBox with RelayoutWhenSystemFontsChangeMixin,
   bool hitTestChildren(BoxHitTestResult result, { required Offset position }) {
     final Offset effectivePosition = position - _paintOffset;
     final InlineSpan? textSpan = _textPainter.text;
-    if (textSpan != null) {
-      final TextPosition textPosition = _textPainter.getPositionForOffset(effectivePosition);
-      final Object? span = textSpan.getSpanForPosition(textPosition);
-      if (span is HitTestTarget) {
+    switch (textSpan?.getSpanForPosition(_textPainter.getPositionForOffset(effectivePosition))) {
+      case final HitTestTarget span:
         result.add(HitTestEntry(span));
         return true;
-      }
+      case _:
+        return hitTestInlineChildren(result, effectivePosition);
     }
-    return hitTestInlineChildren(result, effectivePosition);
   }
 
   late TapGestureRecognizer _tap;
diff --git a/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/paragraph.dart b/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/paragraph.dart
index d53720c869..345bc75c34 100644
--- a/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/paragraph.dart
+++ b/packages/flutter/lib/src/rendering/paragraph.dart
@@ -725,12 +725,13 @@ class RenderParagraph extends RenderBox with ContainerRenderObjectMixin<RenderBo
   @override
   bool hitTestChildren(BoxHitTestResult result, { required Offset position }) {
     final TextPosition textPosition = _textPainter.getPositionForOffset(position);
-    final Object? span = _textPainter.text!.getSpanForPosition(textPosition);
-    if (span is HitTestTarget) {
-      result.add(HitTestEntry(span));
-      return true;
+    switch (_textPainter.text!.getSpanForPosition(textPosition)) {
+      case final HitTestTarget span:
+        result.add(HitTestEntry(span));
+        return true;
+      case _:
+        return hitTestInlineChildren(result, position);
     }
-    return hitTestInlineChildren(result, position);
   }
 
   bool _needsClipping = false;