diff --git a/appsec/src/extension/network.c b/appsec/src/extension/network.c
index 962353420c0..96797fd3a26 100644
--- a/appsec/src/extension/network.c
+++ b/appsec/src/extension/network.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ dd_result dd_conn_sendv(dd_conn *nonnull conn, zend_llist *nonnull iovecs)
             mlog_err(dd_log_info, "Error writing %zu bytes to helper", total);
             efree(iovs);
             return dd_network;
-        } else if (written == 0) {
+        } else if (written == 0) { // NOLINT(readability-else-after-return)
             mlog(dd_log_info, "writev() call returned zero");
             efree(iovs);
             return dd_network;