For $1{\leq}p$, $q{\leq}{\infty}$ and $s{\in}\mathbb{R}$, it is proved that there exists a constant C > 0 such that for any $f{\in}B^{s+2}_{p,q}(\mathbb{R}^n)$ $${\parallel}f{\parallel}_{B^{s+2}_{p,q}(\mathbb{R}^n)}{\leq}C{\parallel}f\;-\;{\Delta}f{\parallel}_{B^{s}_{p,q}(\mathbb{R}^n)}$$, which tells us that the operator $I-\Delta$ is $B^{s+2}_{p,q}$-coercive on the Besov space $B^s_{p,q}$.