diff --git a/pkg/p2p/libp2p/stream_test.go b/pkg/p2p/libp2p/stream_test.go
index 9aab9c1f3a3..467d239b172 100644
--- a/pkg/p2p/libp2p/stream_test.go
+++ b/pkg/p2p/libp2p/stream_test.go
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ func TestStreamVersion(t *testing.T) {
 
 			if v == nil {
 				t.Fatal("expected version to be non-nil")
-				return
 			}
 
 			expected := semver.Version{Major: tc.wantMajor, Minor: tc.wantMinor}