diff --git a/dune/gfe/rotation.hh b/dune/gfe/rotation.hh
index 52214eaa7d559fcbe9bdab62ccf598a7bf73b412..28077301321ab2de666e56c19a32b9aabc834bfe 100644
--- a/dune/gfe/rotation.hh
+++ b/dune/gfe/rotation.hh
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ public:
         Quaternion<T> embeddedTangent;
         basis.mtv(tangent, embeddedTangent);
     
-        tangentToSkew(p,embeddedTangent);
+        return tangentToSkew(p,embeddedTangent);
     }
 
     /** \brief Compute skew matrix from given basepoint and an embedded tangent vector. */