diff --git a/src/modules/mode.c b/src/modules/mode.c
index 298eeb0d6..9c81c87f9 100644
--- a/src/modules/mode.c
+++ b/src/modules/mode.c
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ void do_mode_char_write(char pvar[MAXMODEPARAMS][MODEBUFLEN + 3], u_int *pcount,
 #ifdef DEBUGMODE
 		abort();
 #else
-		return 0;
+		return;
 #endif
 
 	ircsnprintf(pvar[*pcount], MODEBUFLEN + 3,