diff --git a/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/qmlruntime.cpp b/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/qmlruntime.cpp
index c1817e934d5..4435d0e9f42 100644
--- a/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/qmlruntime.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/qml2puppet/qml2puppet/runner/qmlruntime.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static void registerFonts(const QDir &projectDir)
 static QDir findProjectFolder(const QDir &currentDir, int ret = 0)
 {
     if (ret > 2)
-        QDir::current();
+        return QDir::current();
 
     QDirIterator it{currentDir.absolutePath(),
                     {"*.qmlproject"},