diff --git a/lib/ignored-paths.js b/lib/ignored-paths.js
index 20040209c6ca..140beb7f2d54 100644
--- a/lib/ignored-paths.js
+++ b/lib/ignored-paths.js
@@ -175,18 +175,22 @@ class IgnoredPaths {
                 addIgnoreFile(this.ig.custom, ignorePath);
                 addIgnoreFile(this.ig.default, ignorePath);
             } else {
-              try {
-                  // if the ignoreFile does not exist, check package.json for eslintIgnore
-                  packageJSONPath = findPackageJSONFile(options.cwd)
-                  if (packageJSONPath) {
-                      const configOptions = config.load(packageJSONPath, configContext);
-                      if (configOptions.eslintIgnore) {
-                          const filesToIgnore = configOptions.eslintIgnore;
-                      }
-                  }
-              } catch (e) {
-                  debug("Could not find eslintIgnore in package.json");
-              }
+                try {
+
+                    // if the ignoreFile does not exist, check package.json for eslintIgnore
+                    packageJSONPath = findPackageJSONFile(options.cwd);
+                    if (packageJSONPath) {
+                        const configOptions = config.load(packageJSONPath, configContext);
+
+                        if (configOptions.eslintIgnore) {
+                            const filesToIgnore = configOptions.eslintIgnore;
+
+                            debug(filesToIgnore);
+                        }
+                    }
+                } catch (e) {
+                    debug("Could not find eslintIgnore in package.json");
+                }
             }
 
             if (options.ignorePattern) {