diff --git a/src/common/variant.cpp b/src/common/variant.cpp
index 75546b07b4..e30516a1f2 100644
--- a/src/common/variant.cpp
+++ b/src/common/variant.cpp
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ bool wxVariant::GetBool() const
     else
     {
         wxFAIL_MSG(wxT("Could not convert to a bool"));
-        return 0;
+        return false;
     }
 }