diff --git a/src/brevitas/core/scaling/standalone.py b/src/brevitas/core/scaling/standalone.py
index eb8f7778f..03d84a8a2 100644
--- a/src/brevitas/core/scaling/standalone.py
+++ b/src/brevitas/core/scaling/standalone.py
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ def state_dict(self, destination=None, prefix='', keep_vars=False):
         # Avoid saving the init value
         if not self.init_done:
             del output_dict[prefix + 'value']
+        return output_dict
 
     def _load_from_state_dict(
             self, state_dict, prefix, local_metadata, strict, missing_keys, unexpected_keys,