diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-concurrency-basic-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/waitandnotify/Data.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-concurrency-basic-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/waitandnotify/Data.java
index 9d76c1fcd1..533f4e111d 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-concurrency-basic-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/waitandnotify/Data.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-concurrency-basic-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/concurrent/waitandnotify/Data.java
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ public class Data {
             }
         }
         transfer = true;
-
+        
+        String returnPacket = packet;
         notifyAll();
-        return packet;
+        return returnPacket;
     }
  
     public synchronized void send(String packet) {