diff --git a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/reco_egine.cc b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/reco_egine.cc
index c7d01802..9a69fd4a 100644
--- a/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/reco_egine.cc
+++ b/wrenchboard/src/shared_tool/reco_egine.cc
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ long RecoCheckFamilyActive( int itm_count, CVars in, CVars &out  ){
              out["status"] = "ERROR";
          }
          logfmt(logINFO, "/RecoCheckFamilyActive()");
+      return ret;
  }
 
 /*