diff --git a/include/linux/audit.h b/include/linux/audit.h
index 69844b680fcc2ded2c70b4bb785cb6da422bf640..20eba1eb0a3cc2e1eb1e982f1f330f259fa03cab 100644
--- a/include/linux/audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/audit.h
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ extern struct audit_buffer *audit_log_start(struct audit_context *ctx, gfp_t gfp
 extern __printf(2, 3)
 void audit_log_format(struct audit_buffer *ab, const char *fmt, ...);
 extern void		    audit_log_end(struct audit_buffer *ab);
-extern int		    audit_string_contains_control(const char *string,
+extern bool		    audit_string_contains_control(const char *string,
 							  size_t len);
 extern void		    audit_log_n_hex(struct audit_buffer *ab,
 					  const unsigned char *buf,
diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index c4c98d87456f61973d34b382b01597371919a5db..648036f7690dc5045aace6bc24ac86e23a9d8926 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -1583,14 +1583,14 @@ void audit_log_n_string(struct audit_buffer *ab, const char *string,
  * @string: string to be checked
  * @len: max length of the string to check
  */
-int audit_string_contains_control(const char *string, size_t len)
+bool audit_string_contains_control(const char *string, size_t len)
 {
 	const unsigned char *p;
 	for (p = string; p < (const unsigned char *)string + len; p++) {
 		if (*p == '"' || *p < 0x21 || *p > 0x7e)
-			return 1;
+			return true;
 	}
-	return 0;
+	return false;
 }
 
 /**