diff --git a/ansible_mitogen/mixins.py b/ansible_mitogen/mixins.py
index 71c1084b..8e980a55 100644
--- a/ansible_mitogen/mixins.py
+++ b/ansible_mitogen/mixins.py
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ class ActionModuleMixin(ansible.plugins.action.ActionBase):
         LOG.debug('_transfer_data(%r, %s ..%d bytes)',
                   remote_path, type(data), len(data))
         self._connection.put_data(remote_path, data)
+        return remote_path
 
     def _fixup_perms2(self, remote_paths, remote_user=None, execute=True):
         """