diff --git a/pkg/ingester/tailer.go b/pkg/ingester/tailer.go
index 67d36f6a50e2..35c2cb579d60 100644
--- a/pkg/ingester/tailer.go
+++ b/pkg/ingester/tailer.go
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ func (t *tailer) send(stream logproto.Stream, lbs labels.Labels) {
 			t.dropStream(*s)
 		}
 	}
-	return
 }
 
 func (t *tailer) processStream(stream logproto.Stream, lbs labels.Labels) []*logproto.Stream {