diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyUnusedLocalInspectionVisitor.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyUnusedLocalInspectionVisitor.java
index 58863e7d4019..57bebd953c93 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyUnusedLocalInspectionVisitor.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyUnusedLocalInspectionVisitor.java
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ class PyUnusedLocalInspectionVisitor extends PyInspectionVisitor {
                   if (tryPart != null && !isAssignedOnEachExceptFlow(inst, tryPart, instructions, name)) {
                     return ControlFlowUtil.Operation.NEXT;
                   }
+                  return ControlFlowUtil.Operation.CONTINUE;
                 }
                 return ControlFlowUtil.Operation.NEXT;
               }