diff --git a/activemq-camel/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/camel/component/ActiveMQConfiguration.java b/activemq-camel/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/camel/component/ActiveMQConfiguration.java
index 02acc28b2f..aaa795b516 100644
--- a/activemq-camel/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/camel/component/ActiveMQConfiguration.java
+++ b/activemq-camel/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/camel/component/ActiveMQConfiguration.java
@@ -187,7 +187,6 @@ public class ActiveMQConfiguration extends JmsConfiguration {
             }
         } else {
             return loader.loadClass(name);
-}
-        return null;
+        }
     }
 }