diff --git a/src/middleware/combine/index.test.ts b/src/middleware/combine/index.test.ts
index 47944d02..fbeea63f 100644
--- a/src/middleware/combine/index.test.ts
+++ b/src/middleware/combine/index.test.ts
@@ -150,6 +150,22 @@ describe('every', () => {
     expect(await res.text()).toBe('oops')
     expect(middleware2).not.toBeCalled()
   })
+
+  it('Should return the same response a middleware returns if it short-circuits the chain', async () => {
+    const middleware1: MiddlewareHandler = async (c) => {
+      return c.text('Hello Middleware 1')
+    }
+    const middleware2 = vi.fn(nextMiddleware)
+
+    app.use('/', every(middleware1, middleware2))
+    app.get('/', (c) => {
+      return c.text('Hello World')
+    })
+    const res = await app.request('http://localhost/')
+
+    expect(await res.text()).toBe('Hello Middleware 1')
+    expect(middleware2).not.toBeCalled()
+  })
 })
 
 describe('except', () => {
diff --git a/src/middleware/combine/index.ts b/src/middleware/combine/index.ts
index 1e7c703e..3f8dee81 100644
--- a/src/middleware/combine/index.ts
+++ b/src/middleware/combine/index.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ export const every = (...middleware: (MiddlewareHandler | Condition)[]): Middlew
     if (res === false) {
       throw new Error('Unmet condition')
     }
+    return res
   })
 
   const handler = async (c: Context, next: Next) =>