diff --git a/p2p/netutil/error_test.go b/p2p/netutil/error_test.go
index 645e48f83..84d5c2c20 100644
--- a/p2p/netutil/error_test.go
+++ b/p2p/netutil/error_test.go
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ func TestIsPacketTooBig(t *testing.T) {
 		for i := range buf {
 			if buf[i] != byte(i) {
 				t.Fatalf("error in pattern")
-				break
 			}
 		}
 	}