diff --git a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
index e2c13cd863bdc5b41a65731a4e55018aee3762f4..4acc552e92790c98f4e89721cc488d8441a289da 100644
--- a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ ring_buffer_swap_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer_a,
 }
 #endif
 
-int ring_buffer_empty(struct ring_buffer *buffer);
-int ring_buffer_empty_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
+bool ring_buffer_empty(struct ring_buffer *buffer);
+bool ring_buffer_empty_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu);
 
 void ring_buffer_record_disable(struct ring_buffer *buffer);
 void ring_buffer_record_enable(struct ring_buffer *buffer);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 26a948f3187f8c2210757473f30c74fa1869724a..fc9ce12666be7bdae4339217a38b053c0f98b98c 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -4267,7 +4267,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_reset);
  * rind_buffer_empty - is the ring buffer empty?
  * @buffer: The ring buffer to test
  */
-int ring_buffer_empty(struct ring_buffer *buffer)
+bool ring_buffer_empty(struct ring_buffer *buffer)
 {
 	struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -4285,10 +4285,10 @@ int ring_buffer_empty(struct ring_buffer *buffer)
 		local_irq_restore(flags);
 
 		if (!ret)
-			return 0;
+			return false;
 	}
 
-	return 1;
+	return true;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_empty);
 
@@ -4297,7 +4297,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_empty);
  * @buffer: The ring buffer
  * @cpu: The CPU buffer to test
  */
-int ring_buffer_empty_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
+bool ring_buffer_empty_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
 {
 	struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -4305,7 +4305,7 @@ int ring_buffer_empty_cpu(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu)
 	int ret;
 
 	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, buffer->cpumask))
-		return 1;
+		return true;
 
 	cpu_buffer = buffer->buffers[cpu];
 	local_irq_save(flags);