diff --git a/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenuMT/python/HLTMenuConfig/Menu/MenuComponents.py b/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenuMT/python/HLTMenuConfig/Menu/MenuComponents.py
index dd7f8a152ef33e41a24cc3e2f67e03cc3e96342e..34b2fd071a8a4c5b0d355f6b2460c02b0bd9ce80 100644
--- a/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenuMT/python/HLTMenuConfig/Menu/MenuComponents.py
+++ b/Trigger/TriggerCommon/TriggerMenuMT/python/HLTMenuConfig/Menu/MenuComponents.py
@@ -290,7 +290,10 @@ def isFilterAlg(alg):
     return isinstance(alg, RoRSeqFilter)
 
 def isEmptyAlg(alg):
-    return if alg is None
+    if alg is None:
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False