diff --git a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers/V3/OpenApiV3VersionService.cs b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers/V3/OpenApiV3VersionService.cs
index 40b40e85a..1e729f30a 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers/V3/OpenApiV3VersionService.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.OpenApi.Readers/V3/OpenApiV3VersionService.cs
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ public OpenApiReference ConvertToOpenApiReference(
                         catch (OpenApiException ex)
                         {
                             Diagnostic.Errors.Add(new OpenApiError(ex));
-                            return null;
                         }
                     }
                     // Where fragments point into a non-OpenAPI document, the id will be the complete fragment identifier