diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_ethtool.c
index 85306d1b2acf5b3dbfb64a6d5b2dae46818accec..2f933b6b2f4e79b9e1359d8a9b57ba6af4acbfb9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_ethtool.c
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ static void dpaa_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *net_dev,
 
 	/* gather congestion related counters */
 	cg_num    = 0;
-	cg_status = 0;
+	cg_status = false;
 	cg_time   = jiffies_to_msecs(priv->cgr_data.congested_jiffies);
 	if (qman_query_cgr_congested(&priv->cgr_data.cgr, &cg_status) == 0) {
 		cg_num    = priv->cgr_data.cgr_congested_count;