diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/blob_io.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/blob_io.rs
index 741e89835a..11946cdaa5 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/blob_io.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/blob_io.rs
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ impl<const BUFFERED: bool> BlobWriter<BUFFERED> {
         let remaining = Self::CAPACITY - self.buf.len();
         let src_buf_len = src_buf.bytes_init();
         if src_buf_len == 0 {
-            return_!(src_buf, Ok(()));
+            return (src_buf, Ok(()));
         }
         let mut src_buf = src_buf.slice(0..src_buf_len);
         // First try to copy as much as we can into the buffer
diff --git a/pageserver/src/virtual_file.rs b/pageserver/src/virtual_file.rs
index d671e70a9a..48396c3180 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/virtual_file.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/virtual_file.rs
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ impl VirtualFile {
 
         let nbytes = buf.bytes_init();
         if nbytes == 0 {
-            return_!(buf, Ok(0));
+            return (buf, Ok(0));
         }
         let mut buf = buf.slice(0..nbytes);
         while !buf.is_empty() {