diff --git a/apps/bttester/src/btp_gatt_cl.c b/apps/bttester/src/btp_gatt_cl.c
index 609d7e504..e4da8a3ea 100644
--- a/apps/bttester/src/btp_gatt_cl.c
+++ b/apps/bttester/src/btp_gatt_cl.c
@@ -1392,6 +1392,7 @@ read_var_cb(uint16_t conn_handle,
         rp->data_length = 0;
         tester_event(BTP_SERVICE_ID_GATTC, BTP_GATTC_READ_MULTIPLE_VAR_RP,
                      rp, sizeof(*rp));
+        return 0;
     }
 
     for (int i = 0; i < num_attrs; i++) {