diff --git a/src/db/db/dbNetlistSpiceReader.cc b/src/db/db/dbNetlistSpiceReader.cc
index 93d6fee70..055b7dcf9 100644
--- a/src/db/db/dbNetlistSpiceReader.cc
+++ b/src/db/db/dbNetlistSpiceReader.cc
@@ -603,6 +603,8 @@ std::string NetlistSpiceReader::read_name_with_case (tl::Extractor &ex)
     }
 
   }
+
+  return nn;
 }
 
 std::string NetlistSpiceReader::read_name (tl::Extractor &ex)