diff --git a/gcc/c-typeck.c b/gcc/c-typeck.c
index 98a3c9ec967..99a72d368bc 100644
--- a/gcc/c-typeck.c
+++ b/gcc/c-typeck.c
@@ -3635,7 +3635,7 @@ tree
 build_compound_expr (list)
      tree list;
 {
-  internal_build_compound_expr (list, TRUE);
+  return internal_build_compound_expr (list, TRUE);
 }
 
 static tree