diff --git a/isisd/isis_spf.c b/isisd/isis_spf.c
index d937549..988ad9b 100644
--- a/isisd/isis_spf.c
+++ b/isisd/isis_spf.c
@@ -1027,8 +1027,7 @@
   if (listcount (spftree->tents) == 0)
     {
       zlog_warn ("ISIS-Spf: TENT is empty");
-      spftree->lastrun = time (NULL);
-      return retval;
+      goto out;
     }
 
   while (listcount (spftree->tents) > 0)
@@ -1068,6 +1067,7 @@
 	}
     }
 
+out:
   thread_add_event (master, isis_route_validate, area, 0);
   spftree->lastrun = time (NULL);
   spftree->pending = 0;