diff --git a/Code/UtilitiesAdapters/OssimAdapters/otbDEMConvertAdapter.cxx b/Code/UtilitiesAdapters/OssimAdapters/otbDEMConvertAdapter.cxx
index 5d093c47a7542052fa8e48b1c1a2817f4e31fb4b..32584a3a3aa687f1aad38525efc559754220e455 100644
--- a/Code/UtilitiesAdapters/OssimAdapters/otbDEMConvertAdapter.cxx
+++ b/Code/UtilitiesAdapters/OssimAdapters/otbDEMConvertAdapter.cxx
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ int DEMConvertAdapter::Convert(std::string tempFilename, std::string output)
     itkExceptionMacro("Error detected in the image writer...");
     return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
+
+  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 
 } // namespace otb