diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/fuzzer/fuzzer.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/fuzzer/fuzzer.go
index 632fae2cfcb..c191d2b7dff 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/fuzzer/fuzzer.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/fuzzer/fuzzer.go
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ func genericFuzzerFuncs(codecs runtimeserializer.CodecFactory) []interface{} {
 			bytes, err := runtime.Encode(codec, obj)
 			if err != nil {
 				panic(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to encode object: %v", err))
-				return
 			}
 
 			// strip trailing newlines which do not survive roundtrips
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/testapigroup/fuzzer/fuzzer.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/testapigroup/fuzzer/fuzzer.go
index 8d5195cc2e1..a6b93b03791 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/testapigroup/fuzzer/fuzzer.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/testapigroup/fuzzer/fuzzer.go
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ func overrideMetaFuncs(codecs runtimeserializer.CodecFactory) []interface{} {
 			bytes, err := runtime.Encode(apitesting.TestCodec(codecs, v1.SchemeGroupVersion), obj)
 			if err != nil {
 				panic(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to encode object: %v", err))
-				return
 			}
 
 			// Set the bytes field on the RawExtension
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/example/fuzzer/fuzzer.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/example/fuzzer/fuzzer.go
index 51f9f7674f5..d31b54fea75 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/example/fuzzer/fuzzer.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/apis/example/fuzzer/fuzzer.go
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ func overrideMetaFuncs(codecs runtimeserializer.CodecFactory) []interface{} {
 			bytes, err := runtime.Encode(apitesting.TestCodec(codecs, examplev1.SchemeGroupVersion), obj)
 			if err != nil {
 				panic(fmt.Sprintf("Failed to encode object: %v", err))
-				return
 			}
 
 			// Set the bytes field on the RawExtension