diff --git a/contrib/HighOrderMeshOptimizer/ParamCoord.cpp b/contrib/HighOrderMeshOptimizer/ParamCoord.cpp
index 97ce05ee4ad795a350de8e4043b0b41b7776f226..88125af7f336b5fd2e86cc0f5cc1780b2b0628e4 100644
--- a/contrib/HighOrderMeshOptimizer/ParamCoord.cpp
+++ b/contrib/HighOrderMeshOptimizer/ParamCoord.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ SPoint3 ParamCoordParent::getUvw(MVertex* vert)
     break;
   }
   }
+  return SPoint3(0.,0.,0.);
 }
 
 SPoint3 ParamCoordParent::uvw2Xyz(const SPoint3 &uvw)