diff --git a/adb/sysdeps_win32.cpp b/adb/sysdeps_win32.cpp
index 6372b3d..dc2525c 100644
--- a/adb/sysdeps_win32.cpp
+++ b/adb/sysdeps_win32.cpp
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@
               android::base::SystemErrorCodeToString(err).c_str());
         }
         _socket_set_errno(err);
-        result = -1;
+        return -1;
     }
     CHECK_GE(static_cast<DWORD>(std::numeric_limits<int>::max()), bytes_written);
     return static_cast<int>(bytes_written);