diff --git a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/rules/PrologRuleEvaluator.java b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/rules/PrologRuleEvaluator.java
index e3c75e2..ddc3fca 100644
--- a/java/com/google/gerrit/server/rules/PrologRuleEvaluator.java
+++ b/java/com/google/gerrit/server/rules/PrologRuleEvaluator.java
@@ -401,7 +401,6 @@
   private SubmitTypeRecord typeError(String err, Exception e) {
     if (opts.logErrors()) {
       logger.atSevere().withCause(e).log("%s", err);
-      return typeError(DEFAULT_MSG);
     }
     return SubmitTypeRecord.error(err);
   }