return after discard.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/messagebus/src/main/java/com/yahoo/messagebus/Messenger.java b/messagebus/src/main/java/com/yahoo/messagebus/Messenger.java
index 34a640f3f83..4fb83386231 100755
--- a/messagebus/src/main/java/com/yahoo/messagebus/Messenger.java
+++ b/messagebus/src/main/java/com/yahoo/messagebus/Messenger.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public class Messenger implements Runnable {
     public void deliverMessage(final Message msg, final MessageHandler handler) {
         if (destroyed.get()) {
             msg.discard();
+            return;
         }
         try {
             sendExecutor.execute(new MessageTask(msg, handler));