diff --git a/src/ui/QGCUASFileView.cc b/src/ui/QGCUASFileView.cc
index a9ac957363f162fdd1102bb19922451160b3bfcc..cf5fc678d7d890a00bd4e3695818b646123b966a 100644
--- a/src/ui/QGCUASFileView.cc
+++ b/src/ui/QGCUASFileView.cc
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ void QGCUASFileView::_treeStatusMessage(const QString& msg)
         }
     } else {
         Q_ASSERT(false);
+        return; // Silence maybe-unitialized on type below
     }
 
     QTreeWidgetItem* item;