diff --git a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
index e1b3f497b4dcb8a213a5a3f70a757e832bf26b19..022ad8e1f99d9e4894d927086cedc25369b64cff 100644
--- a/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
+++ b/modules/icing/pirep_goes.py
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ def run_qc(filename, filename_l1b, day_night='ANY', pass_thresh_frac=0.20, cloud
     if len(keep_idxs) == 0:
         f.close()
         f_l1b.close()
-        return len(icing_alt), len(mask), len(keep_idxs)
+        return len(icing_alt), 0
 
     print('day_night, icing, all, valid, pass: ', day_night, icing, len(icing_alt), len(mask), len(keep_idxs))
     print('-----------------------')