diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.c b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
index 4362716007..66a6b65d01 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.c
@@ -4641,7 +4641,7 @@ virDomainDiskDefParseXML(virDomainXMLOptionPtr xmlopt,
             } else if (xmlStrEqual(cur->name, BAD_CAST "shareable")) {
                 def->shared = true;
             } else if (xmlStrEqual(cur->name, BAD_CAST "transient")) {
-                def->transient = 1;
+                def->transient = true;
             } else if ((flags & VIR_DOMAIN_XML_INTERNAL_STATUS) &&
                        xmlStrEqual(cur->name, BAD_CAST "state")) {
                 /* Legacy back-compat. Don't add any more attributes here */
diff --git a/src/conf/domain_conf.h b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
index 8173cb4c2b..878fa1f42c 100644
--- a/src/conf/domain_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/domain_conf.h
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ struct _virDomainDiskDef {
     int startupPolicy; /* enum virDomainStartupPolicy */
     unsigned int readonly : 1;
     bool shared;
-    unsigned int transient : 1;
+    bool transient;
     virDomainDeviceInfo info;
     virStorageEncryptionPtr encryption;
     bool rawio_specified;