diff --git a/src/bin/e_comp_object.c b/src/bin/e_comp_object.c
index d1913eea0..63d2194e4 100644
--- a/src/bin/e_comp_object.c
+++ b/src/bin/e_comp_object.c
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ _e_comp_object_animating_end(E_Comp_Object *cw)
              cw->showing = 0;
              UNREFD(cw->ec, 2);
              /* remove ref from animation start, account for possibility of deletion from unref */
-             return e_object_unref(E_OBJECT(cw->ec));
+             return !!e_object_unref(E_OBJECT(cw->ec));
           }
      }
    return EINA_TRUE;