diff --git a/rule_runner_label.go b/rule_runner_label.go
index 69758794f..b54df0422 100644
--- a/rule_runner_label.go
+++ b/rule_runner_label.go
@@ -206,12 +206,12 @@ func (rule *RuleRunnerLabel) verifyRunnerLabel(label *String) runnerOSCompat {
 
 	known := rule.getKnownLabels()
 	for _, k := range known {
-		matched, err := filepath.Match(k, l)
-		if matched {
+		m, err := filepath.Match(k, l)
+		if err != nil {
+			rule.Errorf(label.Pos, "label pattern %q is an invalid glob. kindly check list of labels in actionlint.yaml config file: %v", k, err)
 			return compatInvalid
 		}
-		if err != nil {
-			rule.Errorf(label.Pos, "label pattern %q is an invalid glob, kindly check list of labels in actionlint.yaml config file: %v", k, err)
+		if m {
 			return compatInvalid
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/rule_runner_label_test.go b/rule_runner_label_test.go
index 11f676fa2..44d944bc7 100644
--- a/rule_runner_label_test.go
+++ b/rule_runner_label_test.go
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestRuleRunnerLabelCheckLabels(t *testing.T) {
 			what:   "user-defined labels with invalid glob pattern",
 			labels: []string{"self-hosted", "INSTANCE_TYPE=m6a.large"},
 			known:  []string{"INSTANCE_TYPE=["},
-			errs:   []string{`label pattern "INSTANCE_TYPE=[" is an invalid glob, kindly check list of labels in actionlint.yaml config file: syntax error in pattern`},
+			errs:   []string{`label pattern "INSTANCE_TYPE=[" is an invalid glob. kindly check list of labels in actionlint.yaml config file: syntax error in pattern`},
 		},
 		{
 			what:   "matrix",