diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-apiextensions-server/pkg/registry/customresource/strategy.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-apiextensions-server/pkg/registry/customresource/strategy.go
index a2e4b6b6729..c2b739f3cec 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-apiextensions-server/pkg/registry/customresource/strategy.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/kube-apiextensions-server/pkg/registry/customresource/strategy.go
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ func (CustomResourceDefinitionStorageStrategy) ValidateUpdate(ctx genericapirequ
 	}
 
 	return validation.ValidateObjectMetaAccessorUpdate(objAccessor, oldAccessor, field.NewPath("metadata"))
-
-	return field.ErrorList{}
 }
 
 func (a CustomResourceDefinitionStorageStrategy) GetAttrs(obj runtime.Object) (labels.Set, fields.Set, error) {