diff --git a/sys/fs/devfs/devfs.h b/sys/fs/devfs/devfs.h
index 121d6eb6f0b..673d9499916 100644
--- a/sys/fs/devfs/devfs.h
+++ b/sys/fs/devfs/devfs.h
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ char	*devfs_fqpn(char *, struct devfs_mount *, struct devfs_dirent *,
 	    struct componentname *);
 void	devfs_delete(struct devfs_mount *, struct devfs_dirent *, int);
 void	devfs_dirent_free(struct devfs_dirent *);
-bool	devfs_populate_needed(struct devfs_mount *dm);
+int	devfs_populate_needed(struct devfs_mount *dm);
 void	devfs_populate(struct devfs_mount *);
 void	devfs_cleanup(struct devfs_mount *);
 void	devfs_unmount_final(struct devfs_mount *);
diff --git a/sys/fs/devfs/devfs_devs.c b/sys/fs/devfs/devfs_devs.c
index 5df21a3712d..3929cc8b1e8 100644
--- a/sys/fs/devfs/devfs_devs.c
+++ b/sys/fs/devfs/devfs_devs.c
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ devfs_populate_loop(struct devfs_mount *dm, int cleanup)
 	return (0);
 }
 
-bool
+int
 devfs_populate_needed(struct devfs_mount *dm)
 {