diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/BsonUtils.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/BsonUtils.java
index 3f435d016c..3183d62f2e 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/BsonUtils.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/util/BsonUtils.java
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
  *
  * @author Christoph Strobl
  * @author Mark Paluch
+ * @author Andrey Litvitski
  * @since 2.0
  */
 public class BsonUtils {
@@ -393,7 +394,7 @@ public static BsonValue simpleToBsonValue(@Nullable Object source, CodecRegistry
 		}
 
 		if (source instanceof Date date) {
-			new BsonDateTime(date.getTime());
+			return new BsonDateTime(date.getTime());
 		}
 
 		try {