diff --git a/src/libraries/enet/enet.cpp b/src/libraries/enet/enet.cpp
index f25d90e6b..0aaa762e7 100644
--- a/src/libraries/enet/enet.cpp
+++ b/src/libraries/enet/enet.cpp
@@ -749,5 +749,7 @@ int luaopen_enet(lua_State *l) {
 	lua_setfield(l, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, "enet_peers");
 
 	luaL_register(l, "enet", enet_funcs);
-	return 0;
+
+	// return the enet table created with luaL_register
+	return 1;
 }