diff --git a/sal/textenc/tables.cxx b/sal/textenc/tables.cxx
index 9404439ac06e..0d91d36be3d6 100644
--- a/sal/textenc/tables.cxx
+++ b/sal/textenc/tables.cxx
@@ -225,7 +225,6 @@ Impl_getTextEncodingData(rtl_TextEncoding nEncoding)
             &aImplPT154TextEncodingData }; /* PT154 */
     return
         nEncoding < SAL_N_ELEMENTS(aData) ? aData[nEncoding] : NULL;
-    return NULL;
 }
 
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