diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf_dumper.c b/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf_dumper.c
index f5dddf8ef404..6d041d1f5395 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf_dumper.c
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/btf_dumper.c
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ static int btf_dumper_int(const struct btf_type *t, __u8 bit_offset,
 					     *(char *)data);
 		break;
 	case BTF_INT_BOOL:
-		jsonw_bool(jw, *(int *)data);
+		jsonw_bool(jw, *(bool *)data);
 		break;
 	default:
 		/* shouldn't happen */