--- orig/kernel/CompildMeth.st
+++ mod/kernel/CompildMeth.st
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
        <category: 'invoking'>
        self flags = 6 
            ifTrue: [self subclassResponsibility]
-           ifFalse: [anObject perform: self withArguments: args]
+           ifFalse: [^ anObject perform: self withArguments: args]
     ]
 
     isAnnotated [