diff --git a/vlib/v/checker/noreturn.v b/vlib/v/checker/noreturn.v
index ca4a2883f0..aaf0986049 100644
--- a/vlib/v/checker/noreturn.v
+++ b/vlib/v/checker/noreturn.v
@@ -9,38 +9,39 @@ fn (mut c Checker) check_noreturn_fn_decl(mut node ast.FnDecl) {
 	if node.no_body {
 		return
 	}
+	if node.return_type != ast.void_type {
+		c.error('[noreturn] functions cannot have return types', node.pos)
+	}
 	if uses_return_stmt(node.stmts) {
 		c.error('[noreturn] functions cannot use return statements', node.pos)
 	}
-	if node.return_type != ast.void_type {
-		c.error('[noreturn] functions cannot have return types', node.pos)
-	} else {
-		if node.stmts.len != 0 {
-			mut is_valid_end_of_noreturn_fn := false
-			last_stmt := node.stmts.last()
-			match last_stmt {
-				ast.ExprStmt {
-					if last_stmt.expr is ast.CallExpr {
-						if last_stmt.expr.should_be_skipped {
-							c.error('[noreturn] functions cannot end with a skippable `[if ..]` call',
-								last_stmt.pos)
-						}
-						if last_stmt.expr.is_noreturn {
-							is_valid_end_of_noreturn_fn = true
-						}
+	if node.stmts.len != 0 {
+		mut is_valid_end_of_noreturn_fn := false
+		last_stmt := node.stmts.last()
+		match last_stmt {
+			ast.ExprStmt {
+				if last_stmt.expr is ast.CallExpr {
+					if last_stmt.expr.should_be_skipped {
+						c.error('[noreturn] functions cannot end with a skippable `[if ..]` call',
+							last_stmt.pos)
+						return
 					}
-				}
-				ast.ForStmt {
-					if last_stmt.is_inf && last_stmt.stmts.len == 0 {
+					if last_stmt.expr.is_noreturn {
 						is_valid_end_of_noreturn_fn = true
 					}
 				}
-				else {}
 			}
-			if !is_valid_end_of_noreturn_fn {
-				c.error('[noreturn] functions should end with a call to another [noreturn] function, or with an infinite `for {}` loop',
-					last_stmt.pos)
+			ast.ForStmt {
+				if last_stmt.is_inf && last_stmt.stmts.len == 0 {
+					is_valid_end_of_noreturn_fn = true
+				}
 			}
+			else {}
+		}
+		if !is_valid_end_of_noreturn_fn {
+			c.error('[noreturn] functions should end with a call to another [noreturn] function, or with an infinite `for {}` loop',
+				last_stmt.pos)
+			return
 		}
 	}
 }