diff --git a/impeller/aiks/aiks_unittests.cc b/impeller/aiks/aiks_unittests.cc
index 0a62a13f9ad10..3fe4f77b4ecbd 100644
--- a/impeller/aiks/aiks_unittests.cc
+++ b/impeller/aiks/aiks_unittests.cc
@@ -3768,7 +3768,7 @@ TEST_P(AiksTest, MaskBlurWithZeroSigmaIsSkipped) {
   Canvas canvas;
 
   Paint paint = {
-      .color = Color::White(),
+      .color = Color::Blue(),
       .mask_blur_descriptor =
           Paint::MaskBlurDescriptor{
               .style = FilterContents::BlurStyle::kNormal,
diff --git a/impeller/aiks/canvas.cc b/impeller/aiks/canvas.cc
index 28c1ef2103560..c5b9ae9e598b7 100644
--- a/impeller/aiks/canvas.cc
+++ b/impeller/aiks/canvas.cc
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ bool Canvas::AttemptDrawBlurredRRect(const Rect& rect,
   }
   // A blur sigma that is close to zero should not result in any shadow.
   if (std::fabs(paint.mask_blur_descriptor->sigma.sigma) <= kEhCloseEnough) {
-    return true;
+    return false;
   }
 
   Paint new_paint = paint;