diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/MemoryManager.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/MemoryManager.java
index e66d09782e2..250dd2ae8d7 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/MemoryManager.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/mi/core/cdi/MemoryManager.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public class MemoryManager extends SessionObject implements ICDIMemoryManager {
 	/**
 	 * update one Block.
 	 */
-	public void update(MemoryBlock block, List aList) throws CDIException {
+	public Long[] update(MemoryBlock block, List aList) throws CDIException {
 		MemoryBlock newBlock = cloneBlock(block);
 		Long[] array = compareBlocks(block, newBlock);
 		// Update the block MIDataReadMemoryInfo.
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ public class MemoryManager extends SessionObject implements ICDIMemoryManager {
 				mi.fireEvent(new MIMemoryChangedEvent(array));
 			}
 		}
+		return array;
 	}
 
 	/**