diff --git a/components/omega/src/infra/IOStream.cpp b/components/omega/src/infra/IOStream.cpp
index 16cc09527ba4..ba5ae8ec1efa 100644
--- a/components/omega/src/infra/IOStream.cpp
+++ b/components/omega/src/infra/IOStream.cpp
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ int IOStream::finalize(
    // Remove all streams
    AllStreams.clear();
 
+   return Err;
+
 } // End finalize
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -873,6 +875,8 @@ int IOStream::writeFieldMeta(
 
    } // end loop over metadata
 
+   return Err;
+
 } // End writeFieldMeta
 
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------