diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index fe0e9e82ce448764fafc6fb7d6adc283cedfd01d..0e48dbc6649e122a0a13baab4fefbdec49ea4c22 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -879,16 +879,20 @@ static bool prepare_signal(int sig, struct task_struct *p, bool force)
  * as soon as they're available, so putting the signal on the shared queue
  * will be equivalent to sending it to one such thread.
  */
-static inline int wants_signal(int sig, struct task_struct *p)
+static inline bool wants_signal(int sig, struct task_struct *p)
 {
 	if (sigismember(&p->blocked, sig))
-		return 0;
+		return false;
+
 	if (p->flags & PF_EXITING)
-		return 0;
+		return false;
+
 	if (sig == SIGKILL)
-		return 1;
+		return true;
+
 	if (task_is_stopped_or_traced(p))
-		return 0;
+		return false;
+
 	return task_curr(p) || !signal_pending(p);
 }