diff --git a/src/ShapeFix/ShapeFix_Face.cxx b/src/ShapeFix/ShapeFix_Face.cxx
index a9e7075482..313300c101 100755
--- a/src/ShapeFix/ShapeFix_Face.cxx
+++ b/src/ShapeFix/ShapeFix_Face.cxx
@@ -2286,7 +2286,7 @@ static Standard_Boolean IsPeriodicConicalLoop(const Handle(Geom_ConicalSurface)&
                                               Standard_Boolean& isUDecrease)
 {
   if ( theSurf.IsNull() )
-    Standard_False;
+    return Standard_False;
 
   ShapeAnalysis_Edge aSAE;
   TopLoc_Location aLoc;