diff --git a/src/google/protobuf/repeated_field.h b/src/google/protobuf/repeated_field.h
index 4e5bcf519c..db5893b501 100644
--- a/src/google/protobuf/repeated_field.h
+++ b/src/google/protobuf/repeated_field.h
@@ -1487,7 +1487,6 @@ inline void RepeatedPtrFieldBase::Add(
   typename TypeHandler::Type* result =
       TypeHandler::New(arena_, std::move(value));
   rep_->elements[current_size_++] = result;
-  return result;
 }
 #endif