diff --git a/swarm/network/protocol.go b/swarm/network/protocol.go
index 25a919777e..291d2d7350 100644
--- a/swarm/network/protocol.go
+++ b/swarm/network/protocol.go
@@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ func sanitizeEnodeRemote(paddr net.Addr, baddr *BzzAddr) {
 		log.Debug("rewrote peer uaddr host/port", "addr", baddr)
 		baddr.UAddr = regexpEnodeIP.ReplaceAll(baddr.UAddr, []byte(remoteStr))
 	}
-	return
 }
 
 // runBzz is the p2p protocol run function for the bzz base protocol