diff --git a/include/linux/inetdevice.h b/include/linux/inetdevice.h
index a4328cea376abfc9b11cea8c68403d6a96375f9c..3b0999e0260fd1058e122a44d72b015e8a752ffa 100644
--- a/include/linux/inetdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/inetdevice.h
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ __be32 inet_confirm_addr(struct net *net, struct in_device *in_dev, __be32 dst,
 			 __be32 local, int scope);
 struct in_ifaddr *inet_ifa_byprefix(struct in_device *in_dev, __be32 prefix,
 				    __be32 mask);
-static __inline__ int inet_ifa_match(__be32 addr, struct in_ifaddr *ifa)
+static __inline__ bool inet_ifa_match(__be32 addr, struct in_ifaddr *ifa)
 {
 	return !((addr^ifa->ifa_address)&ifa->ifa_mask);
 }