diff --git a/internal/testutils/tar.go b/internal/testutils/tar.go
index 04583bcd62..47630d4f22 100644
--- a/internal/testutils/tar.go
+++ b/internal/testutils/tar.go
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ func AssertFilesInTar(t testing.TB, tr *tar.Reader, expectedFiles []ExpectedFile
 
 		if dupes[header.Name] {
 			t.Fatalf("File in tarball twice. This is invalid and will break when extracted: %v (%s)", header.Name, msg)
-			break
 		}
 
 		dupes[header.Name] = true