diff --git a/lib/hk-util.js b/lib/hk-util.js
index cb4c9c7d7..4be22239e 100644
--- a/lib/hk-util.js
+++ b/lib/hk-util.js
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ const handleGetHistoryRange = function (Env, Server, seq, userId, parsed) {
             if (hash === untilHash || untilHash === 'NONE') { found = true; }
             let then = hash === oldestKnownHash ? abort : readMore;
             if (found) {
-                Server.send(userId, [0, HISTORY_KEEPER_ID, 'MSG', userId,
+                return void Server.send(userId, [0, HISTORY_KEEPER_ID, 'MSG', userId,
                     JSON.stringify(['HISTORY_RANGE', txid, parsed])], then);
             }
             return void readMore();