diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 13eda8de29981912b7809e6bab1ad289956b8701..d654ce7150fddb3098abd3b1210baab21ba5372e 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -670,10 +670,10 @@ static int proc_pid_syscall(struct seq_file *m, struct pid_namespace *ns,
 /************************************************************************/
 
 /* permission checks */
-static int proc_fd_access_allowed(struct inode *inode)
+static bool proc_fd_access_allowed(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	struct task_struct *task;
-	int allowed = 0;
+	bool allowed = false;
 	/* Allow access to a task's file descriptors if it is us or we
 	 * may use ptrace attach to the process and find out that
 	 * information.