diff --git a/lib/bigdecimal.rb b/lib/bigdecimal.rb
index c8a00d77..41f3890b 100644
--- a/lib/bigdecimal.rb
+++ b/lib/bigdecimal.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 if RUBY_ENGINE == 'jruby'
   JRuby::Util.load_ext("org.jruby.ext.bigdecimal.BigDecimalLibrary")
+  return
 else
   require 'bigdecimal.so'
 end