diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/sync_write_stream.js b/lib/internal/fs/sync_write_stream.js
index 863b11fffdcf6b..b00bdc3239188f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/sync_write_stream.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/sync_write_stream.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ SyncWriteStream.prototype._write = function(chunk, encoding, cb) {
     writeSync(this.fd, chunk, 0, chunk.length);
   } catch (e) {
     cb(e);
-    return true;
+    return;
   }
   cb();
   return true;