diff --git a/data/plugins/drawwhitespace.lua b/data/plugins/drawwhitespace.lua
index efa2be3..6186eac 100644
--- a/data/plugins/drawwhitespace.lua
+++ b/data/plugins/drawwhitespace.lua
@@ -176,5 +176,5 @@ function DocView:draw_line_text(idx, x, y)
     end
   end
 
-  draw_line_text(self, idx, x, y)
+  return draw_line_text(self, idx, x, y)
 end