diff --git a/window-tree.c b/window-tree.c
index 07d2bc2e..5c09ac8a 100644
--- a/window-tree.c
+++ b/window-tree.c
@@ -373,7 +373,6 @@ window_tree_build_window(struct session *s, struct winlink *wl,
 	if (TAILQ_NEXT(wp, entry) == NULL) {
 		if (!window_tree_filter_pane(s, wl, wp, filter))
 			goto empty;
-		return (1);
 	}
 
 	l = NULL;