1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Carpet/CarpetIOBasic/src/iobasic.cc b/Carpet/CarpetIOBasic/src/iobasic.cc
index a80dca138..ba654698f 100644
--- a/Carpet/CarpetIOBasic/src/iobasic.cc
+++ b/Carpet/CarpetIOBasic/src/iobasic.cc
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ namespace CarpetIOBasic {
                   "Cannot output variable \"%s\" because it has no storage",
                   fullname);
       free (fullname);
+      return;
     }
     
     assert (do_global_mode);