diff --git a/src/expm.jl b/src/expm.jl
index 9a301ac5..ec2ca157 100644
--- a/src/expm.jl
+++ b/src/expm.jl
@@ -77,53 +77,54 @@ function _exp(::Size, _A::StaticMatrix{<:Any,<:Any,T}) where T
     A = S.(_A)
     # omitted: matrix balancing, i.e., LAPACK.gebal!
     nA = maximum(sum(abs.(A); dims=Val(1)))    # marginally more performant than norm(A, 1)
-    ## For sufficiently small nA, use lower order Padé-Approximations
-    if (nA <= 2.1)
-        A2 = A*A
-        if nA > 0.95
-            U = @evalpoly(A2, S(8821612800)*I, S(302702400)*I, S(2162160)*I, S(3960)*I, S(1)*I)
-            U = A*U
-            V = @evalpoly(A2, S(17643225600)*I, S(2075673600)*I, S(30270240)*I, S(110880)*I, S(90)*I)
-        elseif nA > 0.25
-            U = @evalpoly(A2, S(8648640)*I, S(277200)*I, S(1512)*I, S(1)*I)
-            U = A*U
-            V = @evalpoly(A2, S(17297280)*I, S(1995840)*I, S(25200)*I, S(56)*I)
-        elseif nA > 0.015
-            U = @evalpoly(A2, S(15120)*I, S(420)*I, S(1)*I)
-            U = A*U
-            V = @evalpoly(A2, S(30240)*I, S(3360)*I, S(30)*I)
-        else
-            U = @evalpoly(A2, S(60)*I, S(1)*I)
-            U = A*U
-            V = @evalpoly(A2, S(120)*I, S(12)*I)
-        end
-        expA = (V - U) \ (V + U)
+
+    if (nA ≤ 2.1) # for sufficiently small nA, use lower order Padé-Approximations
+        return _pade_exp(S, A, nA)
     else
-        s  = log2(nA/5.4)               # power of 2 later reversed by squaring
-        if s > 0
-            si = ceil(Int,s)
-            A = A / S(2^si)
-        end
-
-        A2 = A*A
-        A4 = A2*A2
-        A6 = A2*A4
-
-        U = A6*(S(1)*A6 + S(16380)*A4 + S(40840800)*A2) +
-            (S(33522128640)*A6 + S(10559470521600)*A4 + S(1187353796428800)*A2) +
-            S(32382376266240000)*I
-        U = A*U
-        V = A6*(S(182)*A6 + S(960960)*A4 + S(1323241920)*A2) +
-            (S(670442572800)*A6 + S(129060195264000)*A4 + S(7771770303897600)*A2) +
-            S(64764752532480000)*I
-        expA = (V - U) \ (V + U)
-
-        if s > 0            # squaring to reverse dividing by power of 2
-            for t=1:si
-                expA = expA*expA
-            end
-        end
+        return _rescaled_exp(S, A, nA)
     end
+end
 
-    expA
+function _pade_exp(S, A, nA)
+    A2 = A*A
+    U, V = if nA > 0.95
+        @evalpoly(A2, S(8821612800)*I, S(302702400)*I, S(2162160)*I, S(3960)*I, S(1)*I),
+        @evalpoly(A2, S(17643225600)*I, S(2075673600)*I, S(30270240)*I, S(110880)*I, S(90)*I)
+    elseif nA > 0.25
+        @evalpoly(A2, S(8648640)*I, S(277200)*I, S(1512)*I, S(1)*I),
+        @evalpoly(A2, S(17297280)*I, S(1995840)*I, S(25200)*I, S(56)*I)
+    elseif nA > 0.015
+        @evalpoly(A2, S(15120)*I, S(420)*I, S(1)*I),
+        @evalpoly(A2, S(30240)*I, S(3360)*I, S(30)*I)
+    else
+        @evalpoly(A2, S(60)*I, S(1)*I),
+        @evalpoly(A2, S(120)*I, S(12)*I)
+    end
+    U = A*U
+    return (V - U) \ (V + U)
 end
+
+function _rescaled_exp(S, A, nA)
+    si = ceil(Int, log2(nA/5.4)) # power of 2 later reversed by squaring
+    if si > 0
+        A /= S(2^si)
+    end
+
+    A2 = A*A
+    A4 = A2*A2
+    A6 = A2*A4
+
+    U = A6*(S(1)*A6 + S(16380)*A4 + S(40840800)*A2) +
+        (S(33522128640)*A6 + S(10559470521600)*A4 + S(1187353796428800)*A2) +
+        S(32382376266240000)*I
+    U = A*U
+    V = A6*(S(182)*A6 + S(960960)*A4 + S(1323241920)*A2) +
+        (S(670442572800)*A6 + S(129060195264000)*A4 + S(7771770303897600)*A2) +
+        S(64764752532480000)*I
+    expA = (V - U) \ (V + U)
+
+    for _ in 1:si  # squaring to reverse dividing by power of 2
+        expA *= expA
+    end
+    return expA
+end
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