diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_user.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_user.h
index ff825d83daa767f6bd40e486493fe12bbaf680ed..631f0261c44db0bab7ace4ba99b48f000267a078 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_user.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lustre/lustre_user.h
@@ -428,8 +428,8 @@ struct obd_uuid {
 	char uuid[UUID_MAX];
 };
 
-static inline int obd_uuid_equals(const struct obd_uuid *u1,
-				  const struct obd_uuid *u2)
+static inline bool obd_uuid_equals(const struct obd_uuid *u1,
+				   const struct obd_uuid *u2)
 {
 	return strcmp((char *)u1->uuid, (char *)u2->uuid) == 0;
 }