diff --git a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
index 545b4ca56..d4a3f68ad 100644
--- a/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmLocalGenerator.cxx
@@ -819,8 +819,8 @@ cmLocalGenerator::ExpandRuleVariable(std::string const& variable,
         targetQuoted = '\"';
         targetQuoted += replaceValues.Target;
         targetQuoted += '\"';
-        return targetQuoted;
         }
+      return targetQuoted;
       }
     if(replaceValues.LanguageCompileFlags)
       {