diff --git a/drivers/accessibility/braille/braille_console.c b/drivers/accessibility/braille/braille_console.c
index fdc6b593f500..c4d54a5326b1 100644
--- a/drivers/accessibility/braille/braille_console.c
+++ b/drivers/accessibility/braille/braille_console.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static void vc_refresh(struct vc_data *vc)
 	for (i = 0; i < WIDTH; i++) {
 		u16 glyph = screen_glyph(vc,
 				2 * (vc_x + i) + vc_y * vc->vc_size_row);
-		buf[i] = inverse_translate(vc, glyph, 1);
+		buf[i] = inverse_translate(vc, glyph, true);
 	}
 	braille_write(buf);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/main.c b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/main.c
index d726537fa16c..f52265293482 100644
--- a/drivers/accessibility/speakup/main.c
+++ b/drivers/accessibility/speakup/main.c
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ static u16 get_char(struct vc_data *vc, u16 *pos, u_char *attribs)
 			c |= 0x100;
 		}
 
-		ch = inverse_translate(vc, c, 1);
+		ch = inverse_translate(vc, c, true);
 		*attribs = (w & 0xff00) >> 8;
 	}
 	return ch;
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/consolemap.c b/drivers/tty/vt/consolemap.c
index fb61158f4dc6..157c7f936294 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/consolemap.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/consolemap.c
@@ -281,12 +281,12 @@ unsigned short *set_translate(int m, struct vc_data *vc)
  *    was active.
  * Still, it is now possible to a certain extent to cut and paste non-ASCII.
  */
-u16 inverse_translate(const struct vc_data *conp, int glyph, int use_unicode)
+u16 inverse_translate(const struct vc_data *conp, u16 glyph, bool use_unicode)
 {
 	struct uni_pagedict *p;
 	int m;
 
-	if (glyph < 0 || glyph >= MAX_GLYPH)
+	if (glyph >= MAX_GLYPH)
 		return 0;
 
 	p = *conp->vc_uni_pagedir_loc;
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
index f7755e73696e..6ef22f01cc51 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/selection.c
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ sel_pos(int n, bool unicode)
 {
 	if (unicode)
 		return screen_glyph_unicode(vc_sel.cons, n / 2);
-	return inverse_translate(vc_sel.cons, screen_glyph(vc_sel.cons, n), 0);
+	return inverse_translate(vc_sel.cons, screen_glyph(vc_sel.cons, n),
+			false);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index f8c87c4d7399..1ea1c11c42fd 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -4741,7 +4741,7 @@ u32 screen_glyph_unicode(const struct vc_data *vc, int n)
 
 	if (uniscr)
 		return uniscr->lines[n / vc->vc_cols][n % vc->vc_cols];
-	return inverse_translate(vc, screen_glyph(vc, n * 2), 1);
+	return inverse_translate(vc, screen_glyph(vc, n * 2), true);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(screen_glyph_unicode);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/consolemap.h b/include/linux/consolemap.h
index 98171dbed51f..1ff2bf55eb85 100644
--- a/include/linux/consolemap.h
+++ b/include/linux/consolemap.h
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@
 struct vc_data;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS
-u16 inverse_translate(const struct vc_data *conp, int glyph, int use_unicode);
+u16 inverse_translate(const struct vc_data *conp, u16 glyph, bool use_unicode);
 unsigned short *set_translate(int m, struct vc_data *vc);
 int conv_uni_to_pc(struct vc_data *conp, long ucs);
 u32 conv_8bit_to_uni(unsigned char c);
 int conv_uni_to_8bit(u32 uni);
 void console_map_init(void);
 #else
-static inline u16 inverse_translate(const struct vc_data *conp, int glyph,
-		int use_unicode)
+static inline u16 inverse_translate(const struct vc_data *conp, u16 glyph,
+		bool use_unicode)
 {
 	return glyph;
 }