diff --git a/p2p/discover/v4_udp_test.go b/p2p/discover/v4_udp_test.go
index e36912f010ae..977fa85a06c6 100644
--- a/p2p/discover/v4_udp_test.go
+++ b/p2p/discover/v4_udp_test.go
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ func TestUDPv4_findnode(t *testing.T) {
 		test.waitPacketOut(func(p *v4wire.Neighbors, to *net.UDPAddr, hash []byte) {
 			if len(p.Nodes) != len(want) {
 				t.Errorf("wrong number of results: got %d, want %d", len(p.Nodes), bucketSize)
+				return
 			}
 			for i, n := range p.Nodes {
 				if n.ID.ID() != want[i].ID() {