diff --git a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.common.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/common/gateway/jwtgenerator/AbstractAPIMgtGatewayJWTGenerator.java b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.common.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/common/gateway/jwtgenerator/AbstractAPIMgtGatewayJWTGenerator.java
index 743548c826fc..34c385f955ef 100644
--- a/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.common.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/common/gateway/jwtgenerator/AbstractAPIMgtGatewayJWTGenerator.java
+++ b/components/apimgt/org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.common.gateway/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/apimgt/common/gateway/jwtgenerator/AbstractAPIMgtGatewayJWTGenerator.java
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ public String buildHeader() throws JWTGeneratorException {
             }
         } catch (JSONException e) {
             throw new JWTGeneratorException("Encountered an error while generating JWT header json object", e);
-        } return jwtHeader;
+        }
+        return jwtHeader;
     }
 
     public byte[] signJWT(String assertion) throws JWTGeneratorException {