diff --git a/egs/wsj/s5/utils/fix_data_dir.sh b/egs/wsj/s5/utils/fix_data_dir.sh
index 10bcb79299a..103a4173dc0 100755
--- a/egs/wsj/s5/utils/fix_data_dir.sh
+++ b/egs/wsj/s5/utils/fix_data_dir.sh
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ function filter_recordings {
     filter_file $tmpdir/recordings $data/wav.scp
     [ -f $data/reco2file_and_channel ] && filter_file $tmpdir/recordings $data/reco2file_and_channel
     [ -f $data/reco2dur ] && filter_file $tmpdir/recordings $data/reco2dur
+    true
   fi
 }