diff --git a/src/appmessage.c b/src/appmessage.c
index 8b0a337..b62c27c 100644
--- a/src/appmessage.c
+++ b/src/appmessage.c
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ int appmessage_serialize(AppMessage * message, Buffer * buffer)
 					"Unable to serialize message type ",
 					message->type);
 	}
-	return ret;
 }
 
 static int _serialize_append(Buffer * buffer, Buffer * b)