diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 60de62655..db3bb41ef 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -809,8 +809,7 @@ void CheckOther::checkUnreachableCode()
             const bool inconclusive = secondBreak && (secondBreak->linenr() - 1 > secondBreak->previous()->linenr());
 
             if (secondBreak && (printInconclusive || !inconclusive)) {
-                if (Token::Match(secondBreak, "continue|goto|throw") ||
-                    (secondBreak->str() == "return" && (tok->str() == "return" || secondBreak->strAt(1) == ";"))) { // return with value after statements like throw can be necessary to make a function compile
+                if (Token::Match(secondBreak, "continue|goto|throw|return")) {
                     duplicateBreakError(secondBreak, inconclusive);
                     tok = Token::findmatch(secondBreak, "[}:]");
                 } else if (secondBreak->str() == "break") { // break inside switch as second break statement should not issue a warning
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 89e9e3962..898297e77 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -3549,7 +3549,7 @@ private:
               "    throw 0;\n"
               "    return 1;\n"
               "}", nullptr, false, false, false);
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (style) Consecutive return, break, continue, goto or throw statements are unnecessary.\n", errout.str());
 
         check("void foo() {\n"
               "    throw 0;\n"