diff --git a/tokio/src/runtime/blocking/shutdown.rs b/tokio/src/runtime/blocking/shutdown.rs
index 3b6cc5930..0cf22859b 100644
--- a/tokio/src/runtime/blocking/shutdown.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/runtime/blocking/shutdown.rs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ impl Receiver {
         use crate::runtime::enter::try_enter;
 
         if timeout == Some(Duration::from_nanos(0)) {
-            return true;
+            return false;
         }
 
         let mut e = match try_enter(false) {