diff --git a/tools/virtio/linux/virtio.h b/tools/virtio/linux/virtio.h
index 8447830407037ef065015f1ab360ad0793a642ff..5a2d1f0f6bc7cd9c47658ff0a03d53c314a6f16a 100644
--- a/tools/virtio/linux/virtio.h
+++ b/tools/virtio/linux/virtio.h
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ int virtqueue_add_inbuf(struct virtqueue *vq,
 			void *data,
 			gfp_t gfp);
 
-void virtqueue_kick(struct virtqueue *vq);
+bool virtqueue_kick(struct virtqueue *vq);
 
 void *virtqueue_get_buf(struct virtqueue *vq, unsigned int *len);
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ struct virtqueue *vring_new_virtqueue(unsigned int index,
 				      struct virtio_device *vdev,
 				      bool weak_barriers,
 				      void *pages,
-				      void (*notify)(struct virtqueue *vq),
+				      bool (*notify)(struct virtqueue *vq),
 				      void (*callback)(struct virtqueue *vq),
 				      const char *name);
 void vring_del_virtqueue(struct virtqueue *vq);