diff --git a/ekms/internal/kms/kms.go b/ekms/internal/kms/kms.go
index 5da899cfed25ec2bc210f4cce24ec8a6fe338505..ae199a75de4787200a6dec665a36d2bb843726be 100644
--- a/ekms/internal/kms/kms.go
+++ b/ekms/internal/kms/kms.go
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@ func (kms *EKMS) RemovePeer(kmsPeerSocket string) {
 		return
 	}
 	log.Errorf("%s: Can not find a peer with socket: %s", kms.kmsName, kmsPeerSocket)
-	return
 }
 
 func (kms *EKMS) FindPeerUuid(lookup uuid.UUID) (peer *kmsPeer) {