diff --git a/platform/smRunner/src/com/intellij/execution/testframework/sm/runner/SMTestProxy.java b/platform/smRunner/src/com/intellij/execution/testframework/sm/runner/SMTestProxy.java
index 1bc30a4326e7..d0850c9eef85 100644
--- a/platform/smRunner/src/com/intellij/execution/testframework/sm/runner/SMTestProxy.java
+++ b/platform/smRunner/src/com/intellij/execution/testframework/sm/runner/SMTestProxy.java
@@ -644,8 +644,7 @@ public class SMTestProxy extends AbstractTestProxy {
       // test - no matter what we will return
       myIsEmpty = true;
       myIsEmptyIsCached = true;
-
-      return myIsEmpty;
+      return true;
     }
 
     myIsEmpty = true;