diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 6b33ac447612a02122643638b74486ca1919378f..bd1447661e3cee0743bb6c1c836c0fafb7866f92 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2963,7 +2963,7 @@ int __init get_filesystem_list(char *buf);
 #define OPEN_FMODE(flag) ((__force fmode_t)(((flag + 1) & O_ACCMODE) | \
 					    (flag & __FMODE_NONOTIFY)))
 
-static inline int is_sxid(umode_t mode)
+static inline bool is_sxid(umode_t mode)
 {
 	return (mode & S_ISUID) || ((mode & S_ISGID) && (mode & S_IXGRP));
 }