diff --git a/tests/Functional/Net/SFTPUserStoryTest.php b/tests/Functional/Net/SFTPUserStoryTest.php
index cd2c017f..4a2656ed 100644
--- a/tests/Functional/Net/SFTPUserStoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Functional/Net/SFTPUserStoryTest.php
@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@ class Functional_Net_SFTPUserStoryTest extends PhpseclibFunctionalTestCase
         $sftp->touch('testdir');
         $sftp->chdir('..');
         $sftp->delete('testdir', true);
+
+        return $sftp;
     }
 
     /**