diff --git a/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos-private.hh b/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos-private.hh
index 99c4c8385ebc79adf8671e55ecf5167f338820a7..e14b5b69911a324b3d0d5fee0673884823269329 100644
--- a/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos-private.hh
+++ b/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos-private.hh
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ static inline bool match_input (hb_apply_context_t *c,
 {
   TRACE_APPLY (NULL);
 
-  if (unlikely (count > MAX_CONTEXT_LENGTH)) TRACE_RETURN (false);
+  if (unlikely (count > MAX_CONTEXT_LENGTH)) return TRACE_RETURN (false);
 
   hb_buffer_t *buffer = c->buffer;