diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_configfs.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_configfs.c
index 1cff6052e820..bf190dcb9eee 100644
--- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_configfs.c
+++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_configfs.c
@@ -1589,5 +1589,5 @@ const struct target_core_fabric_ops iscsi_ops = {
 	.tfc_tpg_nacl_auth_attrs	= lio_target_nacl_auth_attrs,
 	.tfc_tpg_nacl_param_attrs	= lio_target_nacl_param_attrs,
 
-	.write_pending_must_be_called	= true,
+	.write_pending_must_be_called	= 1,
 };
diff --git a/include/target/target_core_fabric.h b/include/target/target_core_fabric.h
index b188b1e90e1e..2a6c4c935666 100644
--- a/include/target/target_core_fabric.h
+++ b/include/target/target_core_fabric.h
@@ -113,11 +113,11 @@ struct target_core_fabric_ops {
 	struct configfs_attribute **tfc_tpg_nacl_param_attrs;
 
 	/*
-	 * Set this member variable to true if the SCSI transport protocol
+	 * Set this member variable if the SCSI transport protocol
 	 * (e.g. iSCSI) requires that the Data-Out buffer is transferred in
 	 * its entirety before a command is aborted.
 	 */
-	bool write_pending_must_be_called;
+	unsigned int write_pending_must_be_called:1;
 };
 
 int target_register_template(const struct target_core_fabric_ops *fo);