diff --git a/src/manifolds/Elliptope.jl b/src/manifolds/Elliptope.jl
index aa3721385b..24fca53fa3 100644
--- a/src/manifolds/Elliptope.jl
+++ b/src/manifolds/Elliptope.jl
@@ -162,7 +162,9 @@ compute a projection based retraction by projecting ``q+Y`` back onto the manifo
 """
 retract(::Elliptope, ::Any, ::Any, ::ProjectionRetraction)
 
-retract_project!(M::Elliptope, r, q, Y) = ManifoldsBase.retract_project_fused!(M, r, q, Y, one(eltype(q)))
+function retract_project!(M::Elliptope, r, q, Y)
+    return ManifoldsBase.retract_project_fused!(M, r, q, Y, one(eltype(q)))
+end
 
 function ManifoldsBase.retract_project_fused!(M::Elliptope, r, q, Y, t::Number)
     r .= q .+ t .* Y