diff --git a/tests/spiders/test_engine.py b/tests/spiders/test_engine.py
index ca768bf..b7bfd0f 100644
--- a/tests/spiders/test_engine.py
+++ b/tests/spiders/test_engine.py
@@ -613,8 +613,7 @@ class TestCheckpointMethods:
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_restore_from_checkpoint_raises_when_disabled(self):
         engine = _make_engine()  # no crawldir → checkpoint disabled
-        with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
-            await engine._restore_from_checkpoint()
+        assert (await engine._restore_from_checkpoint()) is False
 
 
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