diff --git a/src/mlx/warnings/polyspace_checker.py b/src/mlx/warnings/polyspace_checker.py
index 6a1720f1..9ee0a140 100644
--- a/src/mlx/warnings/polyspace_checker.py
+++ b/src/mlx/warnings/polyspace_checker.py
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ def return_check_limits(self):
             padded_string = [f"{string:<30}" for string in [f"family {checker.family_value!r} ",
                                                             f"{checker.column_name}: {checker.check_value} "]]
             count += checker.return_check_limits("".join(padded_string))
-        print(f"Returning error code {count}.")
+        if count:
+            print(f"Returning error code {count}.")
         return count
 
     def parse_config(self, config):