diff --git a/Python/codecs.c b/Python/codecs.c
index 2ca3593a72ede7..fa25357fa922a0 100644
--- a/Python/codecs.c
+++ b/Python/codecs.c
@@ -742,8 +742,8 @@ codec_handler_unicode_log10_max(Py_UCS4 ch, uint64_t *base, uint64_t *digits)
             if (digits != NULL) {   \
                 *digits = (D);      \
             }                       \
+            return;                 \
         }                           \
-        return;                     \
     } while (0)
     MAKE_BRANCH(1, 10);
     MAKE_BRANCH(2, 100);