diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/component/SearchHandler.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/component/SearchHandler.java
index b6f828e10dd..3b919ae06d6 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/component/SearchHandler.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/component/SearchHandler.java
@@ -600,7 +600,8 @@ private void processComponents(
                     ? shardHandler1.takeCompletedIncludingErrors()
                     : shardHandler1.takeCompletedOrError();
             if (srsp == null) break; // no more requests to wait for
-            AtomicReference<Object> detailMesg = new AtomicReference<>(); // or perhaps new Object[1] ?
+            AtomicReference<Object> detailMesg =
+                new AtomicReference<>(); // or perhaps new Object[1] ?
 
             boolean anyResponsesPartial =
                 srsp.getShardRequest().responses.stream()
@@ -653,7 +654,6 @@ private void processComponents(
                     rsp.getResponseHeader().add(ThreadCpuTimer.CPU_TIME, totalShardCpuTime);
                     rsp.addToLog(ThreadCpuTimer.CPU_TIME, totalShardCpuTime);
                   }
-                  return; // nothing for components to see, don't need to finish stages
                 }
               }
             }