diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp b/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp
index 036cb7d33..9694a2a8c 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/tx_pool.cpp
@@ -1284,6 +1284,7 @@ namespace cryptonote
         {
           MWARNING("Failed to parse tx from txpool, removing");
           remove.push_back(txid);
+          return true;
         }
         if (!insert_key_images(tx, meta.kept_by_block))
         {