diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mman.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mman.h
index 2563c435a4b166593e71812086baa791a01de43b..fc420cedecae59c6ee90579b67bf817bb2123491 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mman.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mman.h
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ static inline pgprot_t arch_vm_get_page_prot(unsigned long vm_flags)
 }
 #define arch_vm_get_page_prot(vm_flags) arch_vm_get_page_prot(vm_flags)
 
-static inline int arch_validate_prot(unsigned long prot)
+static inline bool arch_validate_prot(unsigned long prot)
 {
 	if (prot & ~(PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC | PROT_SEM | PROT_SAO))
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 	if ((prot & PROT_SAO) && !cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_SAO))
-		return 0;
-	return 1;
+		return false;
+	return true;
 }
 #define arch_validate_prot(prot) arch_validate_prot(prot)
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mman.h b/include/linux/mman.h
index 33e17f6a327a2cb9972d1e31134ac354be27f045..634c4c51fe3adaee4b65d9a977e954f42ecf6131 100644
--- a/include/linux/mman.h
+++ b/include/linux/mman.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static inline void vm_unacct_memory(long pages)
  *
  * Returns true if the prot flags are valid
  */
-static inline int arch_validate_prot(unsigned long prot)
+static inline bool arch_validate_prot(unsigned long prot)
 {
 	return (prot & ~(PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE | PROT_EXEC | PROT_SEM)) == 0;
 }