diff --git a/compiler/sem.nim b/compiler/sem.nim
index e2ffc13089..1ced234f57 100644
--- a/compiler/sem.nim
+++ b/compiler/sem.nim
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ proc endsInNoReturn(n: PNode): bool =
   var it = n
   while it.kind in {nkStmtList, nkStmtListExpr} and it.len > 0:
     it = it.lastSon
-  result = it.kind in (nkLastBlockStmts-{nkReturnStmt}) or
+  result = it.kind in nkLastBlockStmts or
     it.kind in nkCallKinds and it[0].kind == nkSym and sfNoReturn in it[0].sym.flags
 
 proc commonType*(x: PType, y: PNode): PType =
diff --git a/tests/casestmt/tcasestmt.nim b/tests/casestmt/tcasestmt.nim
index 8c6ce7a389..6abea53bc6 100644
--- a/tests/casestmt/tcasestmt.nim
+++ b/tests/casestmt/tcasestmt.nim
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ func foo(input: string): int =
   try:
     parseInt(input)
   except:
-    0
+    return
 
 func foo2(b, input: string): int =
   case b: