diff --git a/src/fsfw/tmtcservices/TmTcBridge.cpp b/src/fsfw/tmtcservices/TmTcBridge.cpp
index ba851a85..25b183f2 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/tmtcservices/TmTcBridge.cpp
+++ b/src/fsfw/tmtcservices/TmTcBridge.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ ReturnValue_t TmTcBridge::handleTmQueue() {
 #endif /* FSFW_VERBOSE_LEVEL >= 3 */
 
     if (communicationLinkUp == false or packetSentCounter >= sentPacketsPerCycle) {
-      ReturnValue_t result = storeDownlinkData(&message);
+      result = storeDownlinkData(&message);
       if (result != returnvalue::OK) {
         tmStore->deleteData(message.getStorageId());
       }