diff --git a/src/cas/example/simple/exServer.cc b/src/cas/example/simple/exServer.cc
index 2a7ea257a..db7a840e3 100644
--- a/src/cas/example/simple/exServer.cc
+++ b/src/cas/example/simple/exServer.cc
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ void exAsyncExistIO::expire()
         //
         // post IO completion
         //
-        this->postIOCompletion (pverExistsHere);
+        this->postIOCompletion (pvExistReturn(pverExistsHere));
 }
 
 //