diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php
index ff0b882414..95e075c25d 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php
@@ -470,9 +470,10 @@ class WP_Filesystem_ftpsockets extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 	 *
 	 * @param string $path
 	 * @param bool $recursive
+	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	public function rmdir($path, $recursive = false ) {
-		$this->delete($path, $recursive);
+		return $this->delete($path, $recursive);
 	}
 
 	/**