diff --git a/Charts/Classes/Charts/BarChartView.swift b/Charts/Classes/Charts/BarChartView.swift
index f25aea3659..5501c2fac8 100644
--- a/Charts/Classes/Charts/BarChartView.swift
+++ b/Charts/Classes/Charts/BarChartView.swift
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ public class BarChartView: BarLineChartViewBase, BarChartDataProvider
     }
         
     /// - returns: the bounding box of the specified Entry in the specified DataSet. Returns null if the Entry could not be found in the charts data.
-    public func getBarBounds(e: BarChartDataEntry) -> CGRect!
+    public func getBarBounds(e: BarChartDataEntry) -> CGRect
     {
         let set = _data.getDataSetForEntry(e) as! BarChartDataSet!
         
         if (set === nil)
         {
-            return nil
+            return CGRectNull
         }
         
         let barspace = set.barSpace
diff --git a/Charts/Classes/Charts/HorizontalBarChartView.swift b/Charts/Classes/Charts/HorizontalBarChartView.swift
index 4f05841592..56edbc416b 100644
--- a/Charts/Classes/Charts/HorizontalBarChartView.swift
+++ b/Charts/Classes/Charts/HorizontalBarChartView.swift
@@ -138,13 +138,13 @@ public class HorizontalBarChartView: BarChartView
         }
     }
     
-    public override func getBarBounds(e: BarChartDataEntry) -> CGRect!
+    public override func getBarBounds(e: BarChartDataEntry) -> CGRect
     {
         let set = _data.getDataSetForEntry(e) as! BarChartDataSet!
         
         if (set === nil)
         {
-            return nil
+            return CGRectNull
         }
         
         let barspace = set.barSpace
@@ -205,4 +205,4 @@ public class HorizontalBarChartView: BarChartView
         
         return Int((pt.y >= CGFloat(chartXMax)) ? CGFloat(chartXMax) / div : (pt.y / div))
     }
-}
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+}