diff --git a/scripts/vmstate-static-checker.py b/scripts/vmstate-static-checker.py
index b369388360..dfeee8231a 100755
--- a/scripts/vmstate-static-checker.py
+++ b/scripts/vmstate-static-checker.py
@@ -367,7 +367,6 @@ def check_machine_type(s, d):
     if s["Name"] != d["Name"]:
         print("Warning: checking incompatible machine types:", end=' ')
         print("\"" + s["Name"] + "\", \"" + d["Name"] + "\"")
-    return
 
 
 def main():