diff --git a/modules/saml2/lib/Message.php b/modules/saml2/lib/Message.php
index be6af33403b00384887421057eb274a9f460a326..ed71237d1a45177c08e5d25255ec592980b27c89 100644
--- a/modules/saml2/lib/Message.php
+++ b/modules/saml2/lib/Message.php
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ class sspmod_saml2_Message {
 			return SimpleSAML_Utilities::generateID();
 		}
 
-		$value = $attributes[$attribute][0];
+		return $attributes[$attribute][0];
 	}