diff --git a/memcache/raw_ascii_client.go b/memcache/raw_ascii_client.go
index 4d27ab6..a100a0c 100644
--- a/memcache/raw_ascii_client.go
+++ b/memcache/raw_ascii_client.go
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ func (c *RawAsciiClient) Stat(statsKey string) StatResponse {
 	for {
 		line, err := c.readLine()
 		if err != nil {
-			NewStatErrorResponse(err, shardEntries)
+			return NewStatErrorResponse(err, shardEntries)
 		}
 
 		if line == "END" {