diff --git a/libafl/src/corpus/testcase.rs b/libafl/src/corpus/testcase.rs
index ded6265777..2296d4f323 100644
--- a/libafl/src/corpus/testcase.rs
+++ b/libafl/src/corpus/testcase.rs
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ where
 
     /// Adds one objectives to the `objectives_found` counter. Mostly called from crash handler or executor.
     pub fn found_objective(&mut self) {
-        let _ = self.objectives_found.saturating_add(1);
+        self.objectives_found = self.objectives_found.saturating_add(1);
     }
 }