diff --git a/src/ut-stubs/osapi-utstub-sockets.c b/src/ut-stubs/osapi-utstub-sockets.c
index 5c16725a5..033604bfa 100644
--- a/src/ut-stubs/osapi-utstub-sockets.c
+++ b/src/ut-stubs/osapi-utstub-sockets.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ int32 OS_SocketOpen(uint32 *sock_id, OS_SocketDomain_t Domain, OS_SocketType_t T
 
     if (status == OS_SUCCESS)
     {
-        status = UT_AllocStubObjId(UT_OBJTYPE_SOCKET);
+        *sock_id = UT_AllocStubObjId(UT_OBJTYPE_SOCKET);
     }
 
     return status;