diff --git a/clients/cli/utils.c b/clients/cli/utils.c
index dd22361166..20cd100b61 100644
--- a/clients/cli/utils.c
+++ b/clients/cli/utils.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ matches (const char *cmd, const char *pattern)
 {
 	size_t len = strlen (cmd);
 	if (!len || len > strlen (pattern))
-		return -1;
+		return FALSE;
 	return memcmp (pattern, cmd, len) == 0;
 }