diff --git a/env/env_posix.cc b/env/env_posix.cc
index a120f863e..5644c5a8a 100644
--- a/env/env_posix.cc
+++ b/env/env_posix.cc
@@ -428,8 +428,6 @@ class PosixEnv : public Env {
       result->reset(new PosixWritableFile(fname, fd, no_mmap_writes_options));
     }
     return s;
-
-    return s;
   }
 
   virtual Status NewRandomRWFile(const std::string& fname,