diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-wc-template-loader.php b/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-wc-template-loader.php
index 43c1135c0f5..2adec2db212 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-wc-template-loader.php
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/includes/class-wc-template-loader.php
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class WC_Template_Loader {
 			return false;
 		}
 
-		$has_template = (bool) is_readable( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/block-templates/' . $template_name . '.html' );
+		$has_template = is_readable( get_stylesheet_directory() . '/block-templates/' . $template_name . '.html' );
 
 		/**
 		 * Filters the value of the result of the block template check.
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class WC_Template_Loader {
 		 * @param boolean $has_template value to be filtered.
 		 * @param string $template_name The name of the template.
 		 */
-		return apply_filters( 'woocommerce_has_block_template', $has_template, $template_name );
+		return (bool) apply_filters( 'woocommerce_has_block_template', $has_template, $template_name );
 	}
 
 	/**