diff --git a/consensus/proto_array/src/proto_array.rs b/consensus/proto_array/src/proto_array.rs
index 392f11a198..faaf675565 100644
--- a/consensus/proto_array/src/proto_array.rs
+++ b/consensus/proto_array/src/proto_array.rs
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@ impl ProtoArray {
                     // This block is pre-merge, therefore it has no execution status. Nor do its
                     // ancestors.
                     Ok(ExecutionStatus::Irrelevant(_)) => break,
-                    Err(_) => (),
+                    Err(_) => break,
                 }
             }