diff --git a/libobs/util/windows/CoTaskMemPtr.hpp b/libobs/util/windows/CoTaskMemPtr.hpp
index 84368e4d97184b09ca03694d6736df69ae23f947..97206b3158bae919f4e107c99a2d7e2614dfb615 100644
--- a/libobs/util/windows/CoTaskMemPtr.hpp
+++ b/libobs/util/windows/CoTaskMemPtr.hpp
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ public:
 	{
 		Clear();
 		ptr = val;
+		return *this;
 	}
 
 	inline T **operator&()