diff --git a/plugins/ant/src/com/intellij/lang/ant/dom/AntDomDirSet.java b/plugins/ant/src/com/intellij/lang/ant/dom/AntDomDirSet.java
index b9ff0941c650..5c6ff02ac887 100644
--- a/plugins/ant/src/com/intellij/lang/ant/dom/AntDomDirSet.java
+++ b/plugins/ant/src/com/intellij/lang/ant/dom/AntDomDirSet.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public abstract class AntDomDirSet extends AntDomFilesProviderImpl{
     }
 
     if (singleFile != null && singleFile.isDirectory()) {
-      Collections.singletonList(singleFile);
+      return Collections.singletonList(singleFile);
     }
 
     return Collections.emptyList();