diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/discovery/DataServerResponseHandler.java b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/discovery/DataServerResponseHandler.java
index 3f91d41d2359..f8961f734d9b 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/discovery/DataServerResponseHandler.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/discovery/DataServerResponseHandler.java
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ private void setupResponseReadFailure(String msg, Throwable th)
   {
     fail.set(msg);
     queue.clear();
-    boolean ignored = queue.offer(
+    queue.offer(
         InputStreamHolder.fromStream(
             new InputStream()
             {