diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 5b0fb57b23f0..f03886cd064e 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -1875,10 +1875,10 @@ static void do_notify_parent_cldstop(struct task_struct *tsk,
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sighand->siglock, flags);
 }
 
-static inline int may_ptrace_stop(void)
+static inline bool may_ptrace_stop(void)
 {
 	if (!likely(current->ptrace))
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 	/*
 	 * Are we in the middle of do_coredump?
 	 * If so and our tracer is also part of the coredump stopping
@@ -1894,9 +1894,9 @@ static inline int may_ptrace_stop(void)
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(current->mm->core_state) &&
 	    unlikely(current->mm == current->parent->mm))
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 
-	return 1;
+	return true;
 }
 
 /*