diff --git a/src/git-repository-async.js b/src/git-repository-async.js
index 543d1e610..e3bf0e1ab 100644
--- a/src/git-repository-async.js
+++ b/src/git-repository-async.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ module.exports = class GitRepositoryAsync {
       var checkoutOptions = new Git.CheckoutOptions()
       checkoutOptions.paths = [this._gitUtilsRepo.relativize(_path)]
       checkoutOptions.checkoutStrategy = Git.Checkout.STRATEGY.FORCE | Git.Checkout.STRATEGY.DISABLE_PATHSPEC_MATCH
-      Git.Checkout.head(repo, checkoutOptions)
+      return Git.Checkout.head(repo, checkoutOptions)
     })
   }