diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/w83793.c b/drivers/hwmon/w83793.c
index 834e49d..d6b0bdd 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/w83793.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/w83793.c
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@
 	"Watchdog timeout in minutes. 2<= timeout <=255 (default="
 				__MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT) ")");
 
-static int nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
-module_param(nowayout, int, 0);
+static bool nowayout = WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT;
+module_param(nowayout, bool, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(nowayout,
 	"Watchdog cannot be stopped once started (default="
 				__MODULE_STRING(WATCHDOG_NOWAYOUT) ")");