diff --git a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
index ef0cbc5bf4e..e529095f937 100644
--- a/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
+++ b/src/systemctl/systemctl.c
@@ -5879,7 +5879,6 @@ static int runlevel_parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
                 case ARG_HELP:
                         return runlevel_help();
-                        return 0;
 
                 case '?':
                         return -EINVAL;