diff --git a/lib/vfs/direntry.c b/lib/vfs/direntry.c
index 4d9cf2b1a..e7d308de4 100644
--- a/lib/vfs/direntry.c
+++ b/lib/vfs/direntry.c
@@ -776,10 +776,10 @@ vfs_s_setctl (const vfs_path_t * vpath, int ctlop, void *arg)
             if (ino == NULL)
                 return 0;
             if (arg != NULL)
-                ino->super->want_stale = 1;
+                ino->super->want_stale = TRUE;
             else
             {
-                ino->super->want_stale = 0;
+                ino->super->want_stale = FALSE;
                 vfs_s_invalidate (path_element->class, ino->super);
             }
             return 1;
diff --git a/lib/vfs/xdirentry.h b/lib/vfs/xdirentry.h
index c1b2c9b1d..aaf79a2cb 100644
--- a/lib/vfs/xdirentry.h
+++ b/lib/vfs/xdirentry.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ struct vfs_s_super
     char *name;                 /* My name, whatever it means */
     int fd_usage;               /* Number of open files */
     int ino_usage;              /* Usage count of this superblock */
-    int want_stale;             /* If set, we do not flush cache properly */
+    gboolean want_stale;        /* If set, we do not flush cache properly */
 #ifdef ENABLE_VFS_NET
     vfs_path_element_t *path_element;
 #endif                          /* ENABLE_VFS_NET */