diff --git a/ReviewBot.py b/ReviewBot.py
index 77634cb3..dc0d754a 100644
--- a/ReviewBot.py
+++ b/ReviewBot.py
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ class ReviewBot(object):
     def check_action_maintenance_incident(self, req, a):
         if self._is_patchinfo(a.src_package):
             self.logger.debug('ignoring patchinfo action')
-            return None
+            return True
 
         # Duplicate src_package as tgt_package since prior to assignment to a
         # specific incident project there is no target package (odd API). After
@@ -416,7 +416,8 @@ class ReviewBot(object):
         pkgname = a.src_package
         if self._is_patchinfo(pkgname):
             self.logger.debug('ignoring patchinfo action')
-            return None
+            return True
+
         linkpkg = self._get_linktarget_self(a.src_project, pkgname)
         if linkpkg is not None:
             pkgname = linkpkg
diff --git a/check_maintenance_incidents.py b/check_maintenance_incidents.py
index 0a2e48a1..4c3964a4 100755
--- a/check_maintenance_incidents.py
+++ b/check_maintenance_incidents.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class MaintenanceChecker(ReviewBot.ReviewBot):
     def check_action_maintenance_incident(self, req, a):
 
         if a.src_package == 'patchinfo':
-            return None
+            return True
 
         self._check_maintainer_review_needed(req, a)