diff --git a/lib/checkfunctions.cpp b/lib/checkfunctions.cpp
index de913e663..d4d87141e 100644
--- a/lib/checkfunctions.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkfunctions.cpp
@@ -273,11 +273,11 @@ void CheckFunctions::checkMissingReturn()
         }
         if (inconclusive && Token::simpleMatch(scope->bodyEnd->tokAt(-2), ") ; }")) {
             const Token *ftok = scope->bodyEnd->linkAt(-2)->previous();
-            if (mSettings->library.isNotLibraryFunction(ftok) && !ftok->isKeyword()) {
+            if (mSettings->library.isNotLibraryFunction(ftok)) {
                 const Token *tok = ftok;
                 while (Token::Match(tok->tokAt(-2), "%name% :: %name%"))
                     tok = tok->tokAt(-2);
-                if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "[;{}] %name% (|::"))
+                if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "[;{}] %name% (|::") && !tok->isKeyword())
                     missingReturnError(tok, Certainty::inconclusive);
             }
         }