diff --git a/document-portal/file-transfer.c b/document-portal/file-transfer.c
index 028a2109e..e1d6e510b 100644
--- a/document-portal/file-transfer.c
+++ b/document-portal/file-transfer.c
@@ -566,6 +566,7 @@ stop_file_transfers_in_thread_func (GTask        *task,
         }
     }
   G_UNLOCK (transfers);
+  g_task_return_boolean (task, TRUE);
 }
 
 void