diff --git a/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/VCardResultParser.java b/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/VCardResultParser.java
index 6b3c28229..0da0ebff9 100644
--- a/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/VCardResultParser.java
+++ b/core/src/com/google/zxing/client/result/VCardResultParser.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ final class VCardResultParser extends ResultParser {
     String org = matchSingleVCardPrefixedField("ORG", rawText, true);
     String birthday = matchSingleVCardPrefixedField("BDAY", rawText, true);
     if (!isLikeVCardDate(birthday)) {
-      return null;
+      birthday = null;
     }
     String title = matchSingleVCardPrefixedField("TITLE", rawText, true);
     String url = matchSingleVCardPrefixedField("URL", rawText, true);