diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 57ba8837e010..409a0117f35b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - `[jest-runner]` Force parallel runs for watch mode, to avoid TTY freeze ([#6647](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6647))
 - `[jest-cli]` properly reprint resolver errors in watch mode ([#6407](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6407))
 - `[jest-cli]` Write configuration to stdout when the option was explicitly passed to Jest ([#6447](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6447))
+- `[jest-cli]` Fix regression on non-matching suites ([6657](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/6657))
 
 ## 23.3.0
 
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/test_name_pattern_skipped.test.js.snap b/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/test_name_pattern_skipped.test.js.snap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..27d85d22ccb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/__snapshots__/test_name_pattern_skipped.test.js.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`testNamePattern skipped 1`] = `
+"Test Suites: 1 passed, 1 total
+Tests:       1 skipped, 1 passed, 2 total
+Snapshots:   0 total
+Time:        <<REPLACED>>
+Ran all test suites with tests matching \\"false\\"."
+`;
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/test_name_pattern_skipped.test.js b/e2e/__tests__/test_name_pattern_skipped.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2a513283e619
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/test_name_pattern_skipped.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-present, Facebook, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @flow
+ */
+'use strict';
+
+const {extractSummary} = require('../Utils');
+const runJest = require('../runJest');
+
+test('testNamePattern skipped', () => {
+  const {stderr, status} = runJest.json('testNamePattern_skipped', [
+    '--testNamePattern',
+    'false',
+  ]);
+  const {summary} = extractSummary(stderr);
+
+  expect(status).toBe(0);
+  expect(summary).toMatchSnapshot();
+});
diff --git a/e2e/testNamePattern_skipped/__tests__/test_name_pattern_skipped.test.js b/e2e/testNamePattern_skipped/__tests__/test_name_pattern_skipped.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c055fbb1d179
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/testNamePattern_skipped/__tests__/test_name_pattern_skipped.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-present, Facebook, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+'use strict';
+
+describe('First suite', () => {
+  it('true equals true', () => {
+    expect(true).toBe(true);
+  });
+});
+
+describe('Second suite', () => {
+  it('false equals false', () => {
+    expect(false).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/e2e/testNamePattern_skipped/package.json b/e2e/testNamePattern_skipped/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..148788b25446
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/testNamePattern_skipped/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "jest": {
+    "testEnvironment": "node"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/tree_processor.js b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/tree_processor.js
index eed3eaa41a34..bf45259c3bd1 100644
--- a/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/tree_processor.js
+++ b/packages/jest-jasmine2/src/tree_processor.js
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export default function treeProcessor(options: Options) {
       fn: getNodeHandler(child, enabled),
     }));
     if (!hasEnabledTest(node)) {
-      return [];
+      return children;
     }
     return node.beforeAllFns.concat(children).concat(node.afterAllFns);
   }