diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
index 871c73c921654b14b14eface6b4f2cfe0f27d5d2..2c6a1ece54bfc4025d06679721a247a3a08118a3 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@ static bool use_gss_proxy(struct net *net)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 
-static bool set_gss_proxy(struct net *net, int type)
+static int set_gss_proxy(struct net *net, int type)
 {
 	struct sunrpc_net *sn = net_generic(net, sunrpc_net_id);
 	int ret = 0;