diff --git a/app/helpers/checkout_helper.rb b/app/helpers/checkout_helper.rb
index 02bc03e152..3aefb48f4b 100644
--- a/app/helpers/checkout_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/checkout_helper.rb
@@ -122,4 +122,8 @@ module CheckoutHelper
       "{{ #{price} | localizeCurrency }}"
     end
   end
+
+  def checkout_step?(step)
+    params[:step] == step.to_s
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/split_checkout/_tabs.html.haml b/app/views/split_checkout/_tabs.html.haml
index 9f08b7522d..b285563784 100644
--- a/app/views/split_checkout/_tabs.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/split_checkout/_tabs.html.haml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 %div.flex
-  %div.columns.three.text-center.checkout-tab{"class": [("selected" if @checkout_step == "details"), ("success" unless @checkout_step == "details")]}
+  %div.columns.three.text-center.checkout-tab{"class": [("selected" if checkout_step?(:details)), ("success" unless checkout_step?(:details))]}
     %span
-      = link_to_if (@checkout_step != "details"), t("split_checkout.your_details"), main_app.checkout_step_path(:details), {} do
+      = link_to_unless checkout_step?(:details), t("split_checkout.your_details"), main_app.checkout_step_path(:details) do
         = t("split_checkout.your_details")
-  %div.columns.three.text-center.checkout-tab{"class": [("selected" if @checkout_step == "payment"), ("success" if @checkout_step == "summary")]}
+  %div.columns.three.text-center.checkout-tab{"class": [("selected" if checkout_step?(:payment)), ("success" if checkout_step?(:summary))]}
     %span
-      = link_to_if (@checkout_step != "payment"), t("split_checkout.payment_method"), main_app.checkout_step_path(:payment), {} do
+      = link_to_if checkout_step?(:summary), t("split_checkout.payment_method"), main_app.checkout_step_path(:payment) do
         = t("split_checkout.payment_method")
-  %div.columns.three.text-center.checkout-tab{"class": ("selected" if @checkout_step == "summary")}
+  %div.columns.three.text-center.checkout-tab{"class": ("selected" if checkout_step?(:summary))}
     %span
-      = t("split_checkout.order_summary")      
+      = t("split_checkout.order_summary")