diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 4d279c5287f8..a89933bc4f2f 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -2122,7 +2122,7 @@ extern int netdev_rx_handler_register(struct net_device *dev,
 				      void *rx_handler_data);
 extern void netdev_rx_handler_unregister(struct net_device *dev);
 
-extern int		dev_valid_name(const char *name);
+extern bool		dev_valid_name(const char *name);
 extern int		dev_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd, void __user *);
 extern int		dev_ethtool(struct net *net, struct ifreq *);
 extern unsigned		dev_get_flags(const struct net_device *);
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 5ef3b65c3687..0090809af7bd 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -848,21 +848,21 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_get_by_flags_rcu);
  *	to allow sysfs to work.  We also disallow any kind of
  *	whitespace.
  */
-int dev_valid_name(const char *name)
+bool dev_valid_name(const char *name)
 {
 	if (*name == '\0')
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 	if (strlen(name) >= IFNAMSIZ)
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 	if (!strcmp(name, ".") || !strcmp(name, ".."))
-		return 0;
+		return false;
 
 	while (*name) {
 		if (*name == '/' || isspace(*name))
-			return 0;
+			return false;
 		name++;
 	}
-	return 1;
+	return true;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(dev_valid_name);