diff --git a/codec-memcache/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/memcache/AbstractMemcacheObjectEncoder.java b/codec-memcache/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/memcache/AbstractMemcacheObjectEncoder.java
index b209fcd110..4248f81210 100644
--- a/codec-memcache/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/memcache/AbstractMemcacheObjectEncoder.java
+++ b/codec-memcache/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/memcache/AbstractMemcacheObjectEncoder.java
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractMemcacheObjectEncoder<M extends MemcacheMessage> e
             @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "CastConflictsWithInstanceof" })
             final M m = (M) msg;
             out.add(encodeMessage(ctx, m));
-            return;
         }
 
         if (msg instanceof MemcacheContent || msg instanceof ByteBuf || msg instanceof FileRegion) {