diff --git a/src/app-layer-parser.c b/src/app-layer-parser.c
index 0995b8c00c..da6aefb364 100644
--- a/src/app-layer-parser.c
+++ b/src/app-layer-parser.c
@@ -541,8 +541,6 @@ const char *AppLayerGetProtoString(int proto)
     } else {
         return al_proto_table[proto].name;
     }
-
-    return "Undefined";
 }
 
 /** \brief Description: register a parser.