diff --git a/introspection/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Settings.xml b/introspection/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Settings.xml
index 59e0d57549..0587db5f45 100644
--- a/introspection/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Settings.xml
+++ b/introspection/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.Settings.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 
     <!--
         ReloadConnections:
-        @status: Success or failure.
+        @status: This always returns %TRUE.
 
         Tells NetworkManager to reload all connection files from disk, including
         noticing any added or deleted connection files. By default, connections
diff --git a/libnm/nm-remote-settings.c b/libnm/nm-remote-settings.c
index 3c6dc4ec93..1b218c3005 100644
--- a/libnm/nm-remote-settings.c
+++ b/libnm/nm-remote-settings.c
@@ -503,10 +503,10 @@ nm_remote_settings_reload_connections (NMRemoteSettings *settings,
 	                                                   cancellable, error)) {
 		if (error && *error)
 			g_dbus_error_strip_remote_error (*error);
-		success = FALSE;
+		return FALSE;
 	}
 
-	return success;
+	return TRUE;
 }
 
 static void
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ reload_connections_cb (GObject *proxy, GAsyncResult *result, gpointer user_data)
 	if (nmdbus_settings_call_reload_connections_finish (NMDBUS_SETTINGS (proxy),
 	                                                    &success,
 	                                                    result, &error))
-		g_simple_async_result_set_op_res_gboolean (simple, success);
+		g_simple_async_result_set_op_res_gboolean (simple, TRUE);
 	else {
 		g_dbus_error_strip_remote_error (error);
 		g_simple_async_result_take_error (simple, error);
diff --git a/src/settings/nm-settings.c b/src/settings/nm-settings.c
index a8377a5aba..1029474fc5 100644
--- a/src/settings/nm-settings.c
+++ b/src/settings/nm-settings.c
@@ -2821,6 +2821,7 @@ impl_settings_reload_connections (NMDBusObject *obj,
 
 	nm_audit_log_connection_op (NM_AUDIT_OP_CONNS_RELOAD, NULL, TRUE, NULL, invocation, NULL);
 
+	/* We MUST return %TRUE here, otherwise older libnm versions might misbehave. */
 	g_dbus_method_invocation_return_value (invocation, g_variant_new ("(b)", TRUE));
 }