diff --git a/goldens/public-api/common/common.d.ts b/goldens/public-api/common/common.d.ts
index 8a6d5c0155..339f0b753d 100644
--- a/goldens/public-api/common/common.d.ts
+++ b/goldens/public-api/common/common.d.ts
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ export declare class NgIf<T = unknown> {
     set ngIfThen(templateRef: TemplateRef<NgIfContext<T>> | null);
     constructor(_viewContainer: ViewContainerRef, templateRef: TemplateRef<NgIfContext<T>>);
     static ngTemplateGuard_ngIf: 'binding';
-    static ngTemplateContextGuard<T>(dir: NgIf<T>, ctx: any): ctx is NgIfContext<NonNullable<T>>;
+    static ngTemplateContextGuard<T>(dir: NgIf<T>, ctx: any): ctx is NgIfContext<Exclude<T, false | 0 | '' | null | undefined>>;
 }
 
 export declare class NgIfContext<T = unknown> {
diff --git a/packages/common/src/directives/ng_if.ts b/packages/common/src/directives/ng_if.ts
index e103313678..26704b8592 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/directives/ng_if.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/directives/ng_if.ts
@@ -232,7 +232,8 @@ export class NgIf<T = unknown> {
    * The presence of this method is a signal to the Ivy template type-check compiler that the
    * `NgIf` structural directive renders its template with a specific context type.
    */
-  static ngTemplateContextGuard<T>(dir: NgIf<T>, ctx: any): ctx is NgIfContext<NonNullable<T>> {
+  static ngTemplateContextGuard<T>(dir: NgIf<T>, ctx: any):
+      ctx is NgIfContext<Exclude<T, false|0|''|null|undefined>> {
     return true;
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/template_typecheck_spec.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/template_typecheck_spec.ts
index 6d084e5baa..377179e736 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/template_typecheck_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/ngtsc/template_typecheck_spec.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ export declare class NgIf<T = unknown> {
   ngIfThen: TemplateRef<NgIfContext<T>> | null;
   constructor(_viewContainer: ViewContainerRef, templateRef: TemplateRef<NgIfContext<T>>);
   static ngTemplateGuard_ngIf: 'binding';
-  static ngTemplateContextGuard<T>(dir: NgIf<T>, ctx: any): ctx is NgIfContext<NonNullable<T>>;
+  static ngTemplateContextGuard<T>(dir: NgIf<T>, ctx: any): ctx is NgIfContext<Exclude<T, false | 0 | "" | null | undefined>>;
   static ɵdir: i0.ɵɵDirectiveDefWithMeta<NgIf<any>, '[ngIf]', never, {'ngIf': 'ngIf'}, {}, never>;
 }
 
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ export declare class AnimationEvent {
       template: '<div *ngIf="user; let u">{{u.name}}</div>',
     })
     class TestCmp {
-      user: {name: string}|null;
+      user: {name: string}|null|false;
     }
 
     @NgModule({
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ export declare class AnimationEvent {
       template: '<div *ngIf="user as u">{{u.name}}</div>',
     })
     class TestCmp {
-      user: {name: string}|null;
+      user: {name: string}|null|false;
     }
 
     @NgModule({