diff --git a/src/graph/session/GraphSessionManager.cpp b/src/graph/session/GraphSessionManager.cpp
index a7ebdccbbc6..f7fda2cd93a 100644
--- a/src/graph/session/GraphSessionManager.cpp
+++ b/src/graph/session/GraphSessionManager.cpp
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ void GraphSessionManager::removeSession(SessionID id) {
   if (!resp.ok()) {
     // it will delete by reclaim
     LOG(ERROR) << "Remove session `" << id << "' failed: " << resp.status();
+    return;
   }
   activeSessions_.erase(iter);
 }