diff --git a/src/evict/evict_lru.c b/src/evict/evict_lru.c
index 98097607274..8981ee27c3a 100644
--- a/src/evict/evict_lru.c
+++ b/src/evict/evict_lru.c
@@ -1467,8 +1467,6 @@ __evict_page(WT_SESSION_IMPL *session, bool is_server)
 
 	(void)__wt_atomic_subv32(&btree->evict_busy, 1);
 
-	WT_RET(ret);
-
 	return (ret);
 }