diff --git a/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/userdataplugins/heat.py b/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/userdataplugins/heat.py
index fbc88fea..e5d9abbf 100644
--- a/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/userdataplugins/heat.py
+++ b/cloudbaseinit/plugins/windows/userdataplugins/heat.py
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ class HeatPlugin(base.BaseUserDataPlugin):
         # Only user-data part of Heat multipart data is supported.
         # All other cfinitdata part will be skipped
         if part.get_filename() == self._heat_user_data_filename:
-            userdatautils.execute_user_data_script(part.get_payload())
+            return userdatautils.execute_user_data_script(part.get_payload())