diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/policy/ExpressionRetryPolicy.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/policy/ExpressionRetryPolicy.java
index a7e5235b..914e854b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/policy/ExpressionRetryPolicy.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/retry/policy/ExpressionRetryPolicy.java
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ public boolean canRetry(RetryContext context) {
 		}
 		else {
 			return super.canRetry(context)
-					&& this.expression.getValue(this.evaluationContext, lastThrowable, Boolean.class);
+					&& Boolean.TRUE.equals(this.expression.getValue(this.evaluationContext, lastThrowable, Boolean.class));
 		}
 	}