diff --git a/lima_linguisticprocessing/src/linguisticProcessing/common/PropertyCode/PropertyAccessor.cpp b/lima_linguisticprocessing/src/linguisticProcessing/common/PropertyCode/PropertyAccessor.cpp
index ea5acddc0..26f73b74b 100644
--- a/lima_linguisticprocessing/src/linguisticProcessing/common/PropertyCode/PropertyAccessor.cpp
+++ b/lima_linguisticprocessing/src/linguisticProcessing/common/PropertyCode/PropertyAccessor.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ PropertyAccessorPrivate& PropertyAccessorPrivate::operator=(const PropertyAccess
   m_mask = pap.m_mask;
   m_emptyNessMask = pap.m_emptyNessMask;
   m_name = pap.m_name;
+  return *this;
 }