diff --git a/lib/py/src/transport/TTransport.py b/lib/py/src/transport/TTransport.py
index ae01ac6..c8855ca 100644
--- a/lib/py/src/transport/TTransport.py
+++ b/lib/py/src/transport/TTransport.py
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@
             # on exception reset wbuf so it doesn't contain a partial function call
             self.__wbuf = BufferIO()
             raise e
-        self.__wbuf.getvalue()
 
     def flush(self):
         out = self.__wbuf.getvalue()