diff --git a/etcdmain/etcd.go b/etcdmain/etcd.go
index 5e3ebf69b..968cca4cd 100644
--- a/etcdmain/etcd.go
+++ b/etcdmain/etcd.go
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ func startProxy(cfg *config) error {
 
 	uf := func() []string {
 		old := cls.PeerURLs()
-		cls, err := etcdserver.GetClusterFromPeers(peerURLs, tr)
+		cls, err = etcdserver.GetClusterFromPeers(peerURLs, tr)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Printf("proxy: %v", err)
 			return []string{}