diff --git a/trie/encoding.go b/trie/encoding.go
index 94ea184c9a..5c42c556fa 100644
--- a/trie/encoding.go
+++ b/trie/encoding.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func DecodeCompact(key []byte) string {
 		}
 	}
 
-	res, err := hex.DecodeString(str)
+	res, _ := hex.DecodeString(str)
 
 	return string(res)
 }