diff --git a/drivers/usb/misc/ftdi-elan.c b/drivers/usb/misc/ftdi-elan.c
index 2dbe600..a4a3c7c 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/misc/ftdi-elan.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/misc/ftdi-elan.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("FTDI ELAN driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 #define INT_MODULE_PARM(n, v) static int n = v;module_param(n, int, 0444)
-static int distrust_firmware = 1;
+static bool distrust_firmware = 1;
 module_param(distrust_firmware, bool, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(distrust_firmware, "true to distrust firmware power/overcurren"
         "t setup");