diff --git a/lib/utils/linter.js b/lib/utils/linter.js
index f17baca..db9b184 100644
--- a/lib/utils/linter.js
+++ b/lib/utils/linter.js
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ module.exports = function (err, output) {
     return this.deferred.reject(err)
   }
 
+  // If the file is configured to be ignored, `results` will be empty.
+  // See https://eslint.org/docs/developer-guide/nodejs-api#executeontext.
+  if (output.results.length === 0) {
+    return this.deferred.resolve([])
+  }
+
   var self = this
   var config = atom.config.get('linter-js-standard')
   var msgs = output.results[0].messages