diff --git a/src/print.c b/src/print.c
index 6a27ceac5f0..bd1d76b3b1b 100644
--- a/src/print.c
+++ b/src/print.c
@@ -2036,7 +2036,7 @@ print_vectorlike_unreadable (Lisp_Object obj, Lisp_Object printcharfun,
       if (!treesit_node_buffer_live_p (obj))
 	{
 	  print_c_string ("-in-killed-buffer>", printcharfun);
-	  break;
+	  return;
 	}
       printchar (' ', printcharfun);
       /* Now the node must be up-to-date, and calling functions like