diff --git a/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_MeshEditor_i.cxx b/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_MeshEditor_i.cxx
index 22f99a524..064955be5 100644
--- a/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_MeshEditor_i.cxx
+++ b/src/SMESH_I/SMESH_MeshEditor_i.cxx
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ CORBA::Long SMESH_MeshEditor_i::AddFace(const SMESH::long_array & IDsOfNodes)
   int NbNodes = IDsOfNodes.length();
   if (NbNodes < 3)
   {
-    return false;
+    return 0;
   }
 
   std::vector<const SMDS_MeshNode*> nodes (NbNodes);