diff --git a/ext/MixedModelsPRIMAExt.jl b/ext/MixedModelsPRIMAExt.jl
index d45bffda8..43576b56d 100644
--- a/ext/MixedModelsPRIMAExt.jl
+++ b/ext/MixedModelsPRIMAExt.jl
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ using MixedModels: MixedModels, LinearMixedModel, objective!
 using PRIMA: PRIMA
 
 function MixedModels.prfit!(m::LinearMixedModel)
-    PRIMA.bobyqa!(objective!(m), copy(m.optsum.initial); xl=m.optsum.lowerbd)
+    info = PRIMA.bobyqa!(objective!(m), copy(m.optsum.initial); xl=m.optsum.lowerbd)
+    m.optsum.feval = info.nf
     return m
 end