diff --git a/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py b/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
index a5d813f932ace3..e44e04a069ecb4 100644
--- a/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
+++ b/Lib/xml/dom/minidom.py
@@ -823,6 +823,7 @@ def removeAttributeNode(self, node):
         # Restore this since the node is still useful and otherwise
         # unlinked
         node.ownerDocument = self.ownerDocument
+        return node
 
     removeAttributeNodeNS = removeAttributeNode