diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c
index 89d394d8fe24c5b35fbdf71cfbef4bade56415b3..568304d058a3e2f908f4d7e7fdf01033d1c6b62b 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c
@@ -429,25 +429,16 @@ static ssize_t write_file_bool(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
 {
 	char buf[32];
 	int buf_size;
+	bool bv;
 	u32 *val = file->private_data;
 
 	buf_size = min(count, (sizeof(buf)-1));
 	if (copy_from_user(buf, user_buf, buf_size))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	switch (buf[0]) {
-	case 'y':
-	case 'Y':
-	case '1':
-		*val = 1;
-		break;
-	case 'n':
-	case 'N':
-	case '0':
-		*val = 0;
-		break;
-	}
-	
+	if (strtobool(buf, &bv) == 0)
+		*val = bv;
+
 	return count;
 }