diff --git a/thunar/thunar-file.c b/thunar/thunar-file.c
index 3262dfb5f42d0feb3af5755d1c5b81b5c9833d22..c8ca881dde5ada5173eb62810adffabde28cf00e 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-file.c
+++ b/thunar/thunar-file.c
@@ -3920,7 +3920,7 @@ thunar_file_unwatch (ThunarFile *file)
 gboolean
 thunar_file_reload (ThunarFile *file)
 {
-  _thunar_return_if_fail (THUNAR_IS_FILE (file));
+  _thunar_return_val_if_fail (THUNAR_IS_FILE (file), FALSE);
 
   /* clear file pxmap cache */
   thunar_icon_factory_clear_pixmap_cache (file);