diff --git a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/UpdatesManager.coffee b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/UpdatesManager.coffee
index e1c9541748..80b3a0d58b 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/UpdatesManager.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/UpdatesManager.coffee
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ module.exports = UpdatesManager =
 					if lastCompressedUpdate?
 						MongoManager.insertCompressedUpdates project_id, doc_id, [lastCompressedUpdate], temporary, () ->
 							return callback error
-					return
+					else
+						return callback error
 
 			compressedUpdates = UpdateCompressor.compressRawUpdates lastCompressedUpdate, rawUpdates