diff --git a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
index 9bacfe207b43..ad3126a58644 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ long kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 					kvm_mem.guest_phys_addr;
 		kvm_userspace_mem.memory_size = kvm_mem.memory_size;
 		r = kvm_vm_ioctl_set_memory_region(kvm,
-					&kvm_userspace_mem, 0);
+					&kvm_userspace_mem, false);
 		if (r)
 			goto out;
 		break;
@@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@ int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 		struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
 		struct kvm_memory_slot old,
 		struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-		int user_alloc)
+		bool user_alloc)
 {
 	unsigned long i;
 	unsigned long pfn;
@@ -1611,7 +1611,7 @@ int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 void kvm_arch_commit_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 		struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
 		struct kvm_memory_slot old,
-		int user_alloc)
+		bool user_alloc)
 {
 	return;
 }
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index 70739a089560..be83fca2e8fd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
                                    struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
                                    struct kvm_memory_slot old,
                                    struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-                                   int user_alloc)
+                                   bool user_alloc)
 {
 	return kvmppc_core_prepare_memory_region(kvm, memslot, mem);
 }
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 void kvm_arch_commit_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
                struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
                struct kvm_memory_slot old,
-               int user_alloc)
+               bool user_alloc)
 {
 	kvmppc_core_commit_memory_region(kvm, mem, old);
 }
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index c9011bfaabbe..f718bc65835c 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 				   struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
 				   struct kvm_memory_slot old,
 				   struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-				   int user_alloc)
+				   bool user_alloc)
 {
 	/* A few sanity checks. We can have exactly one memory slot which has
 	   to start at guest virtual zero and which has to be located at a
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 void kvm_arch_commit_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 				struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
 				struct kvm_memory_slot old,
-				int user_alloc)
+				bool user_alloc)
 {
 	int rc;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 9120ae1901e4..b3101e368079 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -3667,7 +3667,7 @@ static int alloc_apic_access_page(struct kvm *kvm)
 	kvm_userspace_mem.flags = 0;
 	kvm_userspace_mem.guest_phys_addr = 0xfee00000ULL;
 	kvm_userspace_mem.memory_size = PAGE_SIZE;
-	r = __kvm_set_memory_region(kvm, &kvm_userspace_mem, 0);
+	r = __kvm_set_memory_region(kvm, &kvm_userspace_mem, false);
 	if (r)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -3697,7 +3697,7 @@ static int alloc_identity_pagetable(struct kvm *kvm)
 	kvm_userspace_mem.guest_phys_addr =
 		kvm->arch.ept_identity_map_addr;
 	kvm_userspace_mem.memory_size = PAGE_SIZE;
-	r = __kvm_set_memory_region(kvm, &kvm_userspace_mem, 0);
+	r = __kvm_set_memory_region(kvm, &kvm_userspace_mem, false);
 	if (r)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -4251,7 +4251,7 @@ static int vmx_set_tss_addr(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int addr)
 		.flags = 0,
 	};
 
-	ret = kvm_set_memory_region(kvm, &tss_mem, 0);
+	ret = kvm_set_memory_region(kvm, &tss_mem, false);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 	kvm->arch.tss_addr = addr;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 816074757c96..1c9c834b72f0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -6839,7 +6839,7 @@ int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 				struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
 				struct kvm_memory_slot old,
 				struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-				int user_alloc)
+				bool user_alloc)
 {
 	int npages = memslot->npages;
 	int map_flags = MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS;
@@ -6875,7 +6875,7 @@ int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 void kvm_arch_commit_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 				struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
 				struct kvm_memory_slot old,
-				int user_alloc)
+				bool user_alloc)
 {
 
 	int nr_mmu_pages = 0, npages = mem->memory_size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 5a3581ceb036..d897f035749f 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ struct kvm_memory_slot {
 	unsigned long *dirty_bitmap;
 	struct kvm_arch_memory_slot arch;
 	unsigned long userspace_addr;
-	int user_alloc;
 	int id;
+	bool user_alloc;
 };
 
 static inline unsigned long kvm_dirty_bitmap_bytes(struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot)
@@ -451,10 +451,10 @@ id_to_memslot(struct kvm_memslots *slots, int id)
 
 int kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 			  struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-			  int user_alloc);
+			  bool user_alloc);
 int __kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 			    struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-			    int user_alloc);
+			    bool user_alloc);
 void kvm_arch_free_memslot(struct kvm_memory_slot *free,
 			   struct kvm_memory_slot *dont);
 int kvm_arch_create_memslot(struct kvm_memory_slot *slot, unsigned long npages);
@@ -462,11 +462,11 @@ int kvm_arch_prepare_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 				struct kvm_memory_slot *memslot,
 				struct kvm_memory_slot old,
 				struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-				int user_alloc);
+				bool user_alloc);
 void kvm_arch_commit_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 				struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
 				struct kvm_memory_slot old,
-				int user_alloc);
+				bool user_alloc);
 bool kvm_largepages_enabled(void);
 void kvm_disable_largepages(void);
 /* flush all memory translations */
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_get_dirty_log(struct kvm *kvm,
 int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 				   struct
 				   kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-				   int user_alloc);
+				   bool user_alloc);
 int kvm_vm_ioctl_irq_line(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_irq_level *irq_level);
 long kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 		       unsigned int ioctl, unsigned long arg);
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 5f0638cb6968..42c1eb73a0e3 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ static int check_memory_region_flags(struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem)
  */
 int __kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 			    struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-			    int user_alloc)
+			    bool user_alloc)
 {
 	int r;
 	gfn_t base_gfn;
@@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__kvm_set_memory_region);
 
 int kvm_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 			  struct kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-			  int user_alloc)
+			  bool user_alloc)
 {
 	int r;
 
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_set_memory_region);
 int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_memory_region(struct kvm *kvm,
 				   struct
 				   kvm_userspace_memory_region *mem,
-				   int user_alloc)
+				   bool user_alloc)
 {
 	if (mem->slot >= KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS)
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -2148,7 +2148,7 @@ static long kvm_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 						sizeof kvm_userspace_mem))
 			goto out;
 
-		r = kvm_vm_ioctl_set_memory_region(kvm, &kvm_userspace_mem, 1);
+		r = kvm_vm_ioctl_set_memory_region(kvm, &kvm_userspace_mem, true);
 		break;
 	}
 	case KVM_GET_DIRTY_LOG: {