diff --git a/libs/img/src/CImage.cpp b/libs/img/src/CImage.cpp
index 1dc32ab586..0251307211 100644
--- a/libs/img/src/CImage.cpp
+++ b/libs/img/src/CImage.cpp
@@ -1809,6 +1809,7 @@ void CImage::rotateImage(
       rotCode = cv::ROTATE_180;
 
     cv::rotate(srcImg, out_img.m_impl->img, rotCode);
+    return;
   }
   // else: general rotation: