diff --git a/meshmode/mesh/refinement/no_adjacency.py b/meshmode/mesh/refinement/no_adjacency.py
index 7ab02e701413df407f8d3c9f2711ec855639d99e..70279bd948163d501e3b5294f6afb2397f57ba9b 100644
--- a/meshmode/mesh/refinement/no_adjacency.py
+++ b/meshmode/mesh/refinement/no_adjacency.py
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class RefinerWithoutAdjacency(object):
 
     def refine_uniformly(self):
         flags = np.ones(self._current_mesh.nelements, dtype=bool)
-        self.refine(flags)
+        return self.refine(flags)
 
     # {{{ refinement top-level