Parsing error: 'return' outside of function

Cannot disable one line /* eslint-disable-next-line */ or even the whole file at the top with /* eslint-disable */; both have no effect when the code contains a return outside of the function:

if (condition) {
    /* eslint-disable-next-line */
    return; // ESLint always errors here, can't avoid it
}

And it always bombs out with error Parsing error: 'return' outside of function.

I’m trying to add ESLint into a large test suit (jasmine) that’s been running successfully for years, and it uses the conditional return-s as shown above to stop certain test execution under special conditions.

I’ve been struggling to figure out how to make ESLint disregard that one line without success.