diff --git a/src/util/virhostdev.c b/src/util/virhostdev.c
index 3906c4f399..03a78ca4cf 100644
--- a/src/util/virhostdev.c
+++ b/src/util/virhostdev.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ virHostdevNetDevice(virDomainHostdevDefPtr hostdev, char **linkdev,
 }
 
 
-static int
+static bool
 virHostdevIsPCINetDevice(virDomainHostdevDefPtr hostdev)
 {
     return hostdev->mode == VIR_DOMAIN_HOSTDEV_MODE_SUBSYS &&