diff --git a/tc/m_ematch.c b/tc/m_ematch.c
index 7065fd0b..7f79a065 100644
--- a/tc/m_ematch.c
+++ b/tc/m_ematch.c
@@ -168,8 +168,6 @@ static struct ematch_util *get_ematch_kind_num(__u16 kind)
 		return NULL;
 
 	return get_ematch_kind(name);
-
-	return NULL;
 }
 
 static int parse_tree(struct nlmsghdr *n, struct ematch *tree)