diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
index 24db8e153bf0..4ed1aa384df2 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/acglobal.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ u8 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(acpi_gbl_use_default_register_widths, TRUE);
 /*
  * Optionally enable output from the AML Debug Object.
  */
-bool ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(acpi_gbl_enable_aml_debug_object, FALSE);
+u8 ACPI_INIT_GLOBAL(acpi_gbl_enable_aml_debug_object, FALSE);
 
 /*
  * Optionally copy the entire DSDT to local memory (instead of simply
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
index 6dbc3ca45223..3e0b54fb075b 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ module_param_call(trace_state, param_set_trace_state, param_get_trace_state,
 /* /sys/modules/acpi/parameters/aml_debug_output */
 
 module_param_named(aml_debug_output, acpi_gbl_enable_aml_debug_object,
-		   bool, 0644);
+		   byte, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(aml_debug_output,
 		 "To enable/disable the ACPI Debug Object output.");
 
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpixf.h b/include/acpi/acpixf.h
index d2f16f14b419..fea6773f87fc 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpixf.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpixf.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ extern u8 acpi_gbl_create_osi_method;
 extern u8 acpi_gbl_disable_auto_repair;
 extern u8 acpi_gbl_disable_ssdt_table_load;
 extern u8 acpi_gbl_do_not_use_xsdt;
-extern bool acpi_gbl_enable_aml_debug_object;
+extern u8 acpi_gbl_enable_aml_debug_object;
 extern u8 acpi_gbl_enable_interpreter_slack;
 extern u32 acpi_gbl_trace_flags;
 extern acpi_name acpi_gbl_trace_method_name;