--- coreutils-5.97/src/remove.c
+++ coreutils-5.97/src/remove.c
@@ -887,6 +887,8 @@ remove_cwd_entries (Dirstack_state *ds, char **subdir, struct stat *subdir_sb,
 		 quote (full_filename (".")));
 	  return RM_ERROR;
 	}
+      else
+	return RM_OK;
     }
 
   while (1)