diff --git a/erpnext/education/utils.py b/erpnext/education/utils.py
index cac718ebe96..8166ac7ea6c 100644
--- a/erpnext/education/utils.py
+++ b/erpnext/education/utils.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def create_student_from_current_user():
 def enroll_in_course(course_name, program_name):
 	student_id = get_current_student()
 	student = frappe.get_doc("Student", student_id)
-	student.enroll_in_course(course_name=course_name, program_enrollment=get_program_enrollment(program_name))
+	return student.enroll_in_course(course_name=course_name, program_enrollment=get_program_enrollment(program_name))
 
 def check_activity_exists(enrollment, content_type, content):
 	activity = frappe.get_all("Course Activity", filters={'enrollment': enrollment, 'content_type': content_type, 'content': content})
diff --git a/erpnext/www/lms.py b/erpnext/www/lms.py
index 5015a28c358..ab06b37f4bc 100644
--- a/erpnext/www/lms.py
+++ b/erpnext/www/lms.py
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def get_course_meta(course_name, program_name):
 	if not program_enrollment:
 		return None
 	if not course_enrollment:
-		utils.enroll_in_course(course_name, program_name)
+		course_enrollment = utils.enroll_in_course(course_name, program_name)
 	progress = course_enrollment.get_progress(student)
 	count = sum([activity['is_complete'] for activity in progress])
 	if count == 0: