diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index e442e7907b3..465cb5181d9 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -1424,6 +1424,7 @@ extract_time(PyObject *t, long* sec, long* usec)
 		return -1;
 	*sec = intval;
 	*usec = 0;
+        return 0;
 }
 
 PyDoc_STRVAR(posix_utime__doc__,