diff --git a/ACE/ace/Sock_Connect.cpp b/ACE/ace/Sock_Connect.cpp
index 26118d5629fc0..2fb0da0ffa127 100644
--- a/ACE/ace/Sock_Connect.cpp
+++ b/ACE/ace/Sock_Connect.cpp
@@ -1474,7 +1474,7 @@ ip_check (int &ipvn_enabled, int pf)
 
 #if defined (ACE_WIN32)
       static int recursing = 0;
-      if (recursing) return recursing;
+      if (recursing) return 1;
 
       // as of the release of Windows 2008, even hosts that have IPv6 interfaces disabled
       // will still permit the creation of a PF_INET6 socket, thus rendering the socket
@@ -1496,7 +1496,7 @@ ip_check (int &ipvn_enabled, int pf)
       delete [] if_addrs;
 
       // If the list of interfaces is empty, we've tried too quickly. Assume enabled, but don't cache the result
-      if (!if_cnt) return true;
+      if (!if_cnt) return 1;
 
       ipvn_enabled = found ? 1 : 0;
 #else