diff --git a/block/blk.h b/block/blk.h
index d4d67e948920..644975e85053 100644
--- a/block/blk.h
+++ b/block/blk.h
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ extern int blk_update_nr_requests(struct request_queue *, unsigned int);
  *	b) the queue had IO stats enabled when this request was started, and
  *	c) it's a file system request
  */
-static inline int blk_do_io_stat(struct request *rq)
+static inline bool blk_do_io_stat(struct request *rq)
 {
 	return rq->rq_disk &&
 	       (rq->rq_flags & RQF_IO_STAT) &&