diff --git a/src/render/SDL_render.c b/src/render/SDL_render.c
index 5546d4a61..5bf4775b5 100644
--- a/src/render/SDL_render.c
+++ b/src/render/SDL_render.c
@@ -348,8 +348,7 @@ SDL_GetRendererOutputSize(SDL_Renderer * renderer, int *w, int *h)
         return 0;
     } else {
         /* This should never happen */
-        SDL_SetError("Renderer doesn't support querying output size");
-        return -1;
+        return SDL_SetError("Renderer doesn't support querying output size");
     }
 }