diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/C-libcurl/apiClient.c.mustache b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/C-libcurl/apiClient.c.mustache
index c4bb4cf0e0c..f8dc6afa9ef 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/C-libcurl/apiClient.c.mustache
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/resources/C-libcurl/apiClient.c.mustache
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ sslConfig_t *sslConfig_create(const char *clientCertFile, const char *clientKeyF
         sslConfig->CACertFile = strdup(CACertFile);
     }
     sslConfig->insecureSkipTlsVerify = insecureSkipTlsVerify;
+    return sslConfig;
 }
 
 void sslConfig_free(sslConfig_t *sslConfig) {
diff --git a/samples/client/petstore/c/src/apiClient.c b/samples/client/petstore/c/src/apiClient.c
index 23f21b01fb3..f3ecf73ed80 100644
--- a/samples/client/petstore/c/src/apiClient.c
+++ b/samples/client/petstore/c/src/apiClient.c
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ sslConfig_t *sslConfig_create(const char *clientCertFile, const char *clientKeyF
         sslConfig->CACertFile = strdup(CACertFile);
     }
     sslConfig->insecureSkipTlsVerify = insecureSkipTlsVerify;
+    return sslConfig;
 }
 
 void sslConfig_free(sslConfig_t *sslConfig) {