diff --git a/Control/AthenaServices/src/CoreDumpSvc.cxx b/Control/AthenaServices/src/CoreDumpSvc.cxx
index baef5ddaea7719a04f6fddcb3d1021d5890822fd..1964196c8d3bff3d8f9dc44be16554469a4c2e45 100644
--- a/Control/AthenaServices/src/CoreDumpSvc.cxx
+++ b/Control/AthenaServices/src/CoreDumpSvc.cxx
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ StatusCode CoreDumpSvc::start(){
   }
   m_usrCoreDumps.resize(numSlots);
   m_sysCoreDumps.resize(numSlots);
-
+  return StatusCode::SUCCESS;
 }
 
 StatusCode CoreDumpSvc::finalize()