diff --git a/src/ansiblelint/rules/meta_runtime.py b/src/ansiblelint/rules/meta_runtime.py
index 2e2fdd5d7e..407fabb4f5 100644
--- a/src/ansiblelint/rules/meta_runtime.py
+++ b/src/ansiblelint/rules/meta_runtime.py
@@ -69,9 +69,8 @@ def matchyaml(self, file: Lintable) -> list[MatchError]:
                         filename=file,
                     )
                 )
-            return results
 
-        return []
+        return results
 
 
 # testing code to be loaded only with pytest or when executed the rule file