diff --git a/panel-plugins/battery/scalemenuitem.c b/panel-plugins/battery/scalemenuitem.c
index 0ae37afd719d1c480b7952240c50eda888ce4fdf..5d9faaba3e85c796ec4d6d4021de7a03ee00409d 100644
--- a/panel-plugins/battery/scalemenuitem.c
+++ b/panel-plugins/battery/scalemenuitem.c
@@ -299,7 +299,7 @@ scale_menu_item_button_release_event (GtkWidget *menuitem,
       g_signal_emit (menuitem, signals[SLIDER_RELEASED], 0);
     }
 
-  return FALSE;
+  return TRUE;
 }
 
 static gboolean