diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree.c b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
index 183b9cf33f50..940c62acd14a 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static struct rcu_state rcu_state = {
 static bool dump_tree;
 module_param(dump_tree, bool, 0444);
 /* By default, use RCU_SOFTIRQ instead of rcuc kthreads. */
-static bool use_softirq = 1;
+static bool use_softirq = true;
 module_param(use_softirq, bool, 0444);
 /* Control rcu_node-tree auto-balancing at boot time. */
 static bool rcu_fanout_exact;