diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index 907265009b03..f623a3ca2746 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static void close_pdeo(struct proc_dir_entry *pde, struct pde_opener *pdeo)
 		spin_lock(&pde->pde_unload_lock);
 	} else {
 		struct file *file;
-		pdeo->closing = 1;
+		pdeo->closing = true;
 		spin_unlock(&pde->pde_unload_lock);
 		file = pdeo->file;
 		pde->proc_fops->release(file_inode(file), file);
diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h
index 5378441ec1b7..153db5f85b47 100644
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry *proc_create_mount_point(const char *name);
 struct pde_opener {
 	struct file *file;
 	struct list_head lh;
-	int closing;
+	bool closing;
 	struct completion *c;
 };
 extern const struct inode_operations proc_link_inode_operations;