diff --git a/apache-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/kafka/message/ordering/serialization/JacksonDeserializer.java b/apache-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/kafka/message/ordering/serialization/JacksonDeserializer.java
index 2cc0bde853..300a43ca7c 100644
--- a/apache-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/kafka/message/ordering/serialization/JacksonDeserializer.java
+++ b/apache-kafka-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/kafka/message/ordering/serialization/JacksonDeserializer.java
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ public class JacksonDeserializer<T> implements Deserializer<T> {
         try {
             return objectMapper.readValue(bytes, type);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            //throw new RuntimeException("Error deserializing value", e);
+            throw new RuntimeException("Error deserializing value", e);
         }
-        return null;
     }
 }