diff --git a/aiida/storage/sqlite_zip/orm.py b/aiida/storage/sqlite_zip/orm.py
index eaa1dab875..023421875e 100644
--- a/aiida/storage/sqlite_zip/orm.py
+++ b/aiida/storage/sqlite_zip/orm.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ def store(self, *args, **kwargs):
         backend = self._model._backend  # pylint: disable=protected-access
         if getattr(backend, '_read_only', False):
             raise ReadOnlyError(f'Cannot store entity in read-only backend: {backend}')
-        super().store(*args, **kwargs)  # type: ignore # pylint: disable=no-member
+        return super().store(*args, **kwargs)  # type: ignore # pylint: disable=no-member
 
 
 class SqliteUser(SqliteEntityOverride, users.SqlaUser):