diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h b/include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h
index f2c36fb5e661..4ceaa1921951 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-rwsem.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ is_static struct percpu_rw_semaphore name = {				\
 #define DEFINE_STATIC_PERCPU_RWSEM(name)	\
 	__DEFINE_PERCPU_RWSEM(name, static)
 
-extern int __percpu_down_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *, int);
+extern bool __percpu_down_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *, bool);
 extern void __percpu_up_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *);
 
 static inline void percpu_down_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem)
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ static inline void percpu_down_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem)
 	preempt_enable();
 }
 
-static inline int percpu_down_read_trylock(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem)
+static inline bool percpu_down_read_trylock(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem)
 {
-	int ret = 1;
+	bool ret = true;
 
 	preempt_disable();
 	/*
diff --git a/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c b/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c
index aa2b118d2f88..969389df6eee 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/percpu-rwsem.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void percpu_free_rwsem(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(percpu_free_rwsem);
 
-int __percpu_down_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem, int try)
+bool __percpu_down_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem, bool try)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Due to having preemption disabled the decrement happens on
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ int __percpu_down_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem, int try)
 	 * release in percpu_up_write().
 	 */
 	if (likely(!smp_load_acquire(&sem->readers_block)))
-		return 1;
+		return true;
 
 	/*
 	 * Per the above comment; we still have preemption disabled and
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ int __percpu_down_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem, int try)
 	__percpu_up_read(sem);
 
 	if (try)
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 
 	/*
 	 * We either call schedule() in the wait, or we'll fall through
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ int __percpu_down_read(struct percpu_rw_semaphore *sem, int try)
 	__up_read(&sem->rw_sem);
 
 	preempt_disable();
-	return 1;
+	return true;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__percpu_down_read);