diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_server.py b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_server.py
index 94a13bfb2fbf225c403e59ea9c1adc31de3bd391..f70cd2afa555b4dcfd07279b863b47a27fa4da23 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_server.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_server.py
@@ -462,7 +462,6 @@ def _unary_response_in_pool(
           rpc_event, state, response, response_serializer)
       if serialized_response is not None:
         _status(rpc_event, state, serialized_response)
-  return
 
 
 def _stream_response_in_pool(