diff --git a/include/boost/compute/memory/svm_ptr.hpp b/include/boost/compute/memory/svm_ptr.hpp
index bb5a8dcbf..2dbcb8f63 100644
--- a/include/boost/compute/memory/svm_ptr.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/compute/memory/svm_ptr.hpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class svm_ptr
     svm_ptr& operator=(const svm_ptr<T> &other)
     {
         m_ptr = other.m_ptr;
+        return *this;
     }
 
     ~svm_ptr()