diff --git a/src/network/bridge_driver.c b/src/network/bridge_driver.c
index da2c690d7b6c61d649d90c75e61c5957514cb53d..db65ffeeecaac34bc0dc69543c52e6a2c95ae33c 100644
--- a/src/network/bridge_driver.c
+++ b/src/network/bridge_driver.c
@@ -1727,7 +1727,7 @@ networkStartNetworkVirtual(struct network_driver *driver,
         goto err1;
 
     if (virNetDevBridgeSetSTP(network->def->bridge,
-                              network->def->stp ? 1 : 0) < 0)
+                              network->def->stp ? true : false) < 0)
         goto err1;
 
     /* Disable IPv6 on the bridge if there are no IPv6 addresses
diff --git a/src/util/bridge.c b/src/util/bridge.c
index be7524bee12a8d4550a8965bc20fc9e1ae7698f0..3d3ce0ed636fb6b149dd68972b1af9969ed76232 100644
--- a/src/util/bridge.c
+++ b/src/util/bridge.c
@@ -605,14 +605,14 @@ cleanup:
 /**
  * virNetDevSetOnline:
  * @ifname: the interface name
- * @up: 1 for up, 0 for down
+ * @online: true for up, false for down
  *
- * Function to control if an interface is activated (up, 1) or not (down, 0)
+ * Function to control if an interface is activated (up, true) or not (down, false)
  *
  * Returns 0 in case of success or -1 on error.
  */
 int virNetDevSetOnline(const char *ifname,
-                       int up)
+                       bool online)
 {
     int fd = -1;
     int ret = -1;
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ int virNetDevSetOnline(const char *ifname,
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    if (up)
+    if (online)
         ifflags = ifr.ifr_flags | IFF_UP;
     else
         ifflags = ifr.ifr_flags & ~IFF_UP;
@@ -654,14 +654,14 @@ cleanup:
 /**
  * virNetDevIsOnline:
  * @ifname: the interface name
- * @up: where to store the status
+ * @online: where to store the status
  *
- * Function to query if an interface is activated (1) or not (0)
+ * Function to query if an interface is activated (true) or not (false)
  *
  * Returns 0 in case of success or an errno code in case of failure.
  */
 int virNetDevIsOnline(const char *ifname,
-                      int *up)
+                      bool *online)
 {
     int fd = -1;
     int ret = -1;
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ int virNetDevIsOnline(const char *ifname,
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    *up = (ifr.ifr_flags & IFF_UP) ? 1 : 0;
+    *online = (ifr.ifr_flags & IFF_UP) ? true : false;
     ret = 0;
 
 cleanup:
@@ -809,7 +809,7 @@ cleanup:
  * Returns 0 in case of success or -1 on failure
  */
 int virNetDevBridgeSetSTP(const char *brname,
-                          int enable)
+                          bool enable)
 {
     virCommandPtr cmd;
     int ret = -1;
diff --git a/src/util/bridge.h b/src/util/bridge.h
index 488a08cb270225d200b20e21bdeaf1135e9504b2..c4e8d3f6d9bf0a657ffcdbdc03528210cfe636a3 100644
--- a/src/util/bridge.h
+++ b/src/util/bridge.h
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ int virNetDevTapDelete(const char *ifname)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
 
 int virNetDevSetOnline(const char *ifname,
-                       int up)
+                       bool online)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
 int virNetDevIsOnline(const char *ifname,
-                      int *up)
+                      bool *online)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
 
 int virNetDevSetIPv4Address(const char *ifname,
@@ -98,10 +98,10 @@ int virNetDevBridgeGetSTPDelay(const char *brname,
                                int *delay)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
 int virNetDevBridgeSetSTP(const char *brname,
-                          int enable)
+                          bool enable)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
 int virNetDevBridgeGetSTP(const char *brname,
-                          int *enable)
+                          bool *enable)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(2) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
 
 int virNetDevTapCreate(char **ifname,