diff --git a/jetty-ee9/jetty-ee9-nested/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/ee9/nested/HttpChannel.java b/jetty-ee9/jetty-ee9-nested/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/ee9/nested/HttpChannel.java
index 8ccad21c9a35..a85b332f64f0 100644
--- a/jetty-ee9/jetty-ee9-nested/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/ee9/nested/HttpChannel.java
+++ b/jetty-ee9/jetty-ee9-nested/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/ee9/nested/HttpChannel.java
@@ -626,8 +626,8 @@ public boolean handle()
                             _response.getStatus() != HttpStatus.NOT_MODIFIED_304 &&
                             !_response.isContentComplete(_response.getHttpOutput().getWritten()))
                         {
-                            if (sendErrorOrAbort("Insufficient content written"))
-                                break;
+                            sendErrorOrAbort("Insufficient content written");
+                            break;
                         }
 
                         // Set a close callback on the HttpOutput to make it an async callback