diff --git a/independent-projects/bootstrap/runner/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/logging/QuarkusDelayedHandler.java b/independent-projects/bootstrap/runner/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/logging/QuarkusDelayedHandler.java
index 3d76d98d1e4fc..68e308b980ec4 100644
--- a/independent-projects/bootstrap/runner/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/logging/QuarkusDelayedHandler.java
+++ b/independent-projects/bootstrap/runner/src/main/java/io/quarkus/bootstrap/logging/QuarkusDelayedHandler.java
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ protected void doPublish(final ExtLogRecord record) {
                             //still too full, nothing we can do
                             return;
                         }
-                        return;
                     }
                     // Determine if we need to calculate the caller information before we queue the record
                     if (isCallerCalculationRequired()) {