diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/blame/BlameGenerator.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/blame/BlameGenerator.java
index 1ad7a3055..9cec64567 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/blame/BlameGenerator.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/blame/BlameGenerator.java
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ public class BlameGenerator implements AutoCloseable {
 		n.beginResult(revPool);
 		outCandidate = n;
 		outRegion = n.regionList;
-		return true;
+		return outRegion != null;
 	}
 
 	private boolean reverseResult(Candidate parent, Candidate source)