diff --git a/parser/parser.h b/parser/parser.h
index 55ef2e500..e71a29c25 100644
--- a/parser/parser.h
+++ b/parser/parser.h
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ struct cod_entry {
 	audit_t audit;
 	int deny;			/* TRUE or FALSE */
 
-	int alias_ignore;		/* ignore for alias processing */
+	bool alias_ignore;		/* ignore for alias processing */
 
 	int subset;
 
diff --git a/parser/parser_alias.c b/parser/parser_alias.c
index 6dacb076e..827128e87 100644
--- a/parser/parser_alias.c
+++ b/parser/parser_alias.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static void process_entries(const void *nodep, VISIT value, int level unused)
 			dup->link_name = n;
 		}
 		if (dup) {
-			dup->alias_ignore = 1;
+			dup->alias_ignore = true;
 			/* adds to the front of the list, list iteratition
 			 * will skip it
 			 */