diff --git a/packages/runtime-core/src/rendererTemplateRef.ts b/packages/runtime-core/src/rendererTemplateRef.ts
index ca21030dc..cea9e5b84 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-core/src/rendererTemplateRef.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-core/src/rendererTemplateRef.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import type { SuspenseBoundary } from './components/Suspense'
 import type { VNode, VNodeNormalizedRef, VNodeNormalizedRefAtom } from './vnode'
 import {
   EMPTY_OBJ,
+  NO,
   ShapeFlags,
   hasOwn,
   isArray,
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ export function setRef(
   const rawSetupState = toRaw(setupState)
   const canSetSetupRef =
     setupState === EMPTY_OBJ
-      ? () => false
+      ? NO
       : (key: string) => {
           if (__DEV__) {
             if (hasOwn(rawSetupState, key) && !isRef(rawSetupState[key])) {