diff --git a/Modules/zipimport.c b/Modules/zipimport.c
index 4e74edf9e81..c33ab8bc971 100644
--- a/Modules/zipimport.c
+++ b/Modules/zipimport.c
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ zipimporter_find_module(PyObject *obj, PyObject *args)
         break;
     }
     Py_XINCREF(result);
-    return NULL;
+    return result;
 }