diff --git a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator.go b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator.go
index b96cd59fcbc..361008583a5 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/podautoscaler/replica_calculator.go
@@ -250,9 +250,6 @@ func (c *ReplicaCalculator) calcPlainMetricReplicas(metrics metricsclient.PodMet
 
 	// re-run the utilization calculation with our new numbers
 	newUsageRatio, _ := metricsclient.GetMetricUtilizationRatio(metrics, targetUtilization)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, utilization, err
-	}
 
 	if math.Abs(1.0-newUsageRatio) <= tolerance || (usageRatio < 1.0 && newUsageRatio > 1.0) || (usageRatio > 1.0 && newUsageRatio < 1.0) {
 		// return the current replicas if the change would be too small,