diff --git a/Lib/locale.py b/Lib/locale.py
index be34c5ddcd..97988cd6d2 100644
--- a/Lib/locale.py
+++ b/Lib/locale.py
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ else:
                 if not result and sys.platform == 'darwin':
                     # See above for explanation
                     result = 'UTF-8'
+            return result
 
 
 ### Database