diff --git a/src/global_resource.cpp b/src/global_resource.cpp
index a7b77c2..ca2dc68 100644
--- a/src/global_resource.cpp
+++ b/src/global_resource.cpp
@@ -54,11 +54,10 @@ struct null_memory_resource_imp
       (void)bytes; (void)alignment;
       #if defined(BOOST_CONTAINER_USER_DEFINED_THROW_CALLBACKS) || defined(BOOST_NO_EXCEPTIONS)
       throw_bad_alloc();
+      return 0;
       #else
       throw std::bad_alloc();
       #endif
-
-      return 0;
    }
 
    void do_deallocate(void* p, std::size_t bytes, std::size_t alignment) BOOST_OVERRIDE