diff --git a/framework/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/common/basetype/BaseTypeVisitor.java b/framework/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/common/basetype/BaseTypeVisitor.java
index 21f5bbaf089..6d49357c52d 100644
--- a/framework/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/common/basetype/BaseTypeVisitor.java
+++ b/framework/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/common/basetype/BaseTypeVisitor.java
@@ -3205,7 +3205,7 @@ protected boolean commonAssignmentCheck(
                         varType.getKind(),
                         varType.toString());
             }
-            return true;
+            return false;
         }
 
         return commonAssignmentCheck(varType, valueExpTree, errorKey, extraArgs);