diff --git a/tests/script/tsim/tmq/topic.sim b/tests/script/tsim/tmq/topic.sim
index 85a23055a37ad099cd8f4864650a59dbc3f44ac3..073c8c2532a91a78aee43a9edac493ec5f7c7f9d 100644
--- a/tests/script/tsim/tmq/topic.sim
+++ b/tests/script/tsim/tmq/topic.sim
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ if $rows != 6 then
   return -1
 endi
 
-return -1
 sql create topic topic_stable_1 as stable stb where t1 > 0
 sql create topic topic_stable_1 as stable stb where t1 > 0 and t1 < 0
 sql create topic topic_stable_1 as stable stb where 1 > 0