diff --git a/js/ui/notificationDaemon.js b/js/ui/notificationDaemon.js
index 0c4d9d180..80803cf7e 100644
--- a/js/ui/notificationDaemon.js
+++ b/js/ui/notificationDaemon.js
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ const NotificationDaemon = new Lang.Class({
             Mainloop.idle_add(Lang.bind(this,
                                         function () {
                                             this._emitNotificationClosed(id, NotificationClosedReason.DISMISSED);
+                                            return false;
                                         }));
             return invocation.return_value(GLib.Variant.new('(u)', [id]));
         }