diff --git a/internal/chart/v3/lint/rules/template.go b/internal/chart/v3/lint/rules/template.go
index 21658c5a3..408492584 100644
--- a/internal/chart/v3/lint/rules/template.go
+++ b/internal/chart/v3/lint/rules/template.go
@@ -123,13 +123,10 @@ func TemplatesWithSkipSchemaValidation(linter *support.Linter, values map[string
 		fileName := template.Name
 		fpath = fileName
 
-		// skip the linting rules if the file starts with _ and is not a yml/yaml file
-		if isHelperFile(fileName) {
-			continue
+		if !isHelperFile(fileName) {
+			linter.RunLinterRule(support.ErrorSev, fpath, validateAllowedExtension(fileName))
 		}
 
-		linter.RunLinterRule(support.ErrorSev, fpath, validateAllowedExtension(fileName))
-
 		// We only apply the following lint rules to yaml files
 		if filepath.Ext(fileName) != ".yaml" || filepath.Ext(fileName) == ".yml" {
 			continue
diff --git a/pkg/chart/v2/lint/rules/template.go b/pkg/chart/v2/lint/rules/template.go
index 3f567136e..52167174a 100644
--- a/pkg/chart/v2/lint/rules/template.go
+++ b/pkg/chart/v2/lint/rules/template.go
@@ -123,13 +123,10 @@ func TemplatesWithSkipSchemaValidation(linter *support.Linter, values map[string
 		fileName := template.Name
 		fpath = fileName
 
-		// skip the linting rules if the file starts with _ and is not a yaml/yml file
-		if isHelperFile(fileName) {
-			continue
+		if !isHelperFile(fileName) {
+			linter.RunLinterRule(support.ErrorSev, fpath, validateAllowedExtension(fileName))
 		}
 
-		linter.RunLinterRule(support.ErrorSev, fpath, validateAllowedExtension(fileName))
-
 		// We only apply the following lint rules to yaml files
 		if filepath.Ext(fileName) != ".yaml" || filepath.Ext(fileName) == ".yml" {
 			continue