1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/bc.c b/miscutils/bc.c
index 656ecd892..b454d4b2b 100644
--- a/miscutils/bc.c
+++ b/miscutils/bc.c
@@ -4047,14 +4047,11 @@ static BcStatus bc_parse_return(BcParse *p)
         else {
 
                 s = bc_parse_expr(p, 0, bc_parse_next_expr);
-                if (s && s != BC_STATUS_PARSE_EMPTY_EXP)
-                        return s;
-
                 if (s == BC_STATUS_PARSE_EMPTY_EXP) {
                         bc_parse_push(p, BC_INST_RET0);
                         s = bc_lex_next(&p->l);
-                        if (s) return s;
                 }
+                if (s) return s;
 
                 if (!paren || p->l.t.last != BC_LEX_RPAREN) {
                         s = bc_posix_error("POSIX requires parentheses around return expressions");