1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/diff.c b/diff.c
index ee3eb629e3..2de5d3d098 100644
--- a/diff.c
+++ b/diff.c
@@ -6973,16 +6973,14 @@ void diffcore_std(struct diff_options *options)
 	options->found_follow = 0;
 }
 
-int diff_result_code(struct diff_options *opt, int status)
+int diff_result_code(struct diff_options *opt)
 {
 	int result = 0;
 
 	diff_warn_rename_limit("diff.renameLimit",
 			       opt->needed_rename_limit,
 			       opt->degraded_cc_to_c);
-	if (!opt->flags.exit_with_status &&
-	    !(opt->output_format & DIFF_FORMAT_CHECKDIFF))
-		return status;
+
 	if (opt->flags.exit_with_status &&
 	    opt->flags.has_changes)
 		result |= 01;