diff --git a/test/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/test/HudsonTestCase.java b/test/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/test/HudsonTestCase.java
index 320a704fedbad28e344eab36b3feba505f21886e..69ef783eda65c899dd75fc96e30cedb0a26ce721 100644
--- a/test/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/test/HudsonTestCase.java
+++ b/test/src/main/java/org/jvnet/hudson/test/HudsonTestCase.java
@@ -850,6 +850,7 @@ public abstract class HudsonTestCase extends TestCase implements RootAction {
             if (p.startsWith("-"))
                 props.remove(p.substring(1));
         }
+        return props;
     }
 
     /**