diff --git a/workflow/controller/operator.go b/workflow/controller/operator.go
index f11eda2bc4a3..905a1fbb1cfe 100644
--- a/workflow/controller/operator.go
+++ b/workflow/controller/operator.go
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ func (woc *wfOperationCtx) executeTemplate(nodeName string, orgTmpl wfv1.Templat
 
 	// Check if we exceeded template or workflow parallelism and immediately return if we did
 	if err := woc.checkParallelism(processedTmpl, node, boundaryID); err != nil {
-		return woc.initializeNodeOrMarkError(node, nodeName, wfv1.NodeTypeSkipped, orgTmpl, boundaryID, err), err
+		return node, err
 	}
 
 	// If the user has specified retries, node becomes a special retry node.