diff --git a/src/rules/newline-after-import.js b/src/rules/newline-after-import.js
index 5e042eb810..f11ddeffd0 100644
--- a/src/rules/newline-after-import.js
+++ b/src/rules/newline-after-import.js
@@ -76,19 +76,19 @@ module.exports = {
   create(context) {
     let level = 0;
     const requireCalls = [];
-    let options = setOptions(context);
+    const options = setOptions(context);
 
     function setOptions(context) {
       if (context.options[0]) {
         if ('count' in context.options[0] && 'considerComments' in context.options[0] ) {
-          return context.options[0]
+          return context.options[0];
         } else if ( 'count' in context.options[0] ) {
           return Object.assign({}, context.options[0], { considerComments: false });
         } else {
           return Object.assign({}, context.options[0], { count: 1 });
         }
       } 
-      return options = { count: 1, considerComments: false };
+      return { count: 1, considerComments: false };
     }
 
     function checkForNewLine(node, nextNode, type) {