diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
index e4df83390b69..5ee28ec23ca8 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/DependencyInjection/Loader/XmlFileLoader.php
@@ -229,27 +229,25 @@ private function processAnonymousServices(SimpleXMLElement $xml, $file)
         $count = 0;
 
         // anonymous services as arguments
-        if (false === $nodes = $xml->xpath('//container:argument[@type="service"][not(@id)]')) {
-            return;
-        }
-        foreach ($nodes as $node) {
-            // give it a unique name
-            $node['id'] = sprintf('%s_%d', md5($file), ++$count);
+        if (false !== $nodes = $xml->xpath('//container:argument[@type="service"][not(@id)]')) {
+            foreach ($nodes as $node) {
+                // give it a unique name
+                $node['id'] = sprintf('%s_%d', md5($file), ++$count);
 
-            $definitions[(string) $node['id']] = array($node->service, $file, false);
-            $node->service['id'] = (string) $node['id'];
+                $definitions[(string) $node['id']] = array($node->service, $file, false);
+                $node->service['id'] = (string) $node['id'];
+            }
         }
 
         // anonymous services "in the wild"
-        if (false === $nodes = $xml->xpath('//container:services/container:service[not(@id)]')) {
-            return;
-        }
-        foreach ($nodes as $node) {
-            // give it a unique name
-            $node['id'] = sprintf('%s_%d', md5($file), ++$count);
+        if (false !== $nodes = $xml->xpath('//container:services/container:service[not(@id)]')) {
+            foreach ($nodes as $node) {
+                // give it a unique name
+                $node['id'] = sprintf('%s_%d', md5($file), ++$count);
 
-            $definitions[(string) $node['id']] = array($node, $file, true);
-            $node->service['id'] = (string) $node['id'];
+                $definitions[(string) $node['id']] = array($node, $file, true);
+                $node->service['id'] = (string) $node['id'];
+            }
         }
 
         // resolve definitions