diff --git a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
index 62321883fe61..f6c112e30bd4 100644
--- a/init/initramfs.c
+++ b/init/initramfs.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/utime.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
+#include <linux/kstrtox.h>
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
@@ -571,8 +572,7 @@ __setup("keepinitrd", keepinitrd_setup);
 static bool __initdata initramfs_async = true;
 static int __init initramfs_async_setup(char *str)
 {
-	strtobool(str, &initramfs_async);
-	return 1;
+	return kstrtobool(str, &initramfs_async) == 0;
 }
 __setup("initramfs_async=", initramfs_async_setup);