diff --git a/src/sw/redis++/connection.cpp b/src/sw/redis++/connection.cpp
index c7fd1cf..d433ffc 100644
--- a/src/sw/redis++/connection.cpp
+++ b/src/sw/redis++/connection.cpp
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ bool Connection::avail() {
     } else {
         // An error occurred
         throw_error(*ctx, strerror(errno));
-        return -1;
     }
 }