diff --git a/src/cmap/connection.ts b/src/cmap/connection.ts
index 1a93d1b77f..bc6189e651 100644
--- a/src/cmap/connection.ts
+++ b/src/cmap/connection.ts
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ export class Connection extends EventEmitter {
     }
 
     if (typeof options.timeout === 'boolean') {
-      query.noCursorTimeout = options.timeout;
+      query.noCursorTimeout = !options.timeout;
     } else if (typeof options.noCursorTimeout === 'boolean') {
       query.noCursorTimeout = options.noCursorTimeout;
     }
diff --git a/src/operations/find.ts b/src/operations/find.ts
index 643ba6b3b7..93864c8948 100644
--- a/src/operations/find.ts
+++ b/src/operations/find.ts
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ function makeFindCommand(ns: MongoDBNamespace, filter: Document, options: FindOp
   }
 
   if (typeof options.timeout === 'boolean') {
-    findCommand.noCursorTimeout = options.timeout;
+    findCommand.noCursorTimeout = !options.timeout;
   } else if (typeof options.noCursorTimeout === 'boolean') {
     findCommand.noCursorTimeout = options.noCursorTimeout;
   }
diff --git a/test/functional/find.test.js b/test/functional/find.test.js
index c3cbb12eae..b6161a2f7d 100644
--- a/test/functional/find.test.js
+++ b/test/functional/find.test.js
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ describe('Find', function () {
       const db = client.db(this.configuration.db);
       db.createCollection('cursor_timeout_false_0', (err, collection) => {
         expect(err).to.not.exist;
-        const cursor = collection.find({}, { timeout: true });
+        const cursor = collection.find({}, { timeout: false });
         cursor.toArray(err => {
           expect(err).to.not.exist;
           expect(events[0]).nested.property('command.noCursorTimeout').to.equal(true);