diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Checker.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Checker.java
index b9a4dd984..35f8b37ef 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Checker.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/Checker.java
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ public class Checker extends AutomaticBean
             if (filter.decide(aEvent) == Filter.DENY) {
                 return false;
             }
+            else if (filter.decide(aEvent) == Filter.ACCEPT) {
+                return true;
+            }
         }
         return true;
     }