diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.c b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.c
index e311a51..a007a9f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/ehci-hcd.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
 MODULE_PARM_DESC (park, "park setting; 1-3 back-to-back async packets");
 
 /* for flakey hardware, ignore overcurrent indicators */
-static int ignore_oc = 0;
+static bool ignore_oc = 0;
 module_param (ignore_oc, bool, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC (ignore_oc, "ignore bogus hardware overcurrent indications");