diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/gk20a.h b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/gk20a.h
index 8a6a6ec4c..2c05f567b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/gk20a.h
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/include/nvgpu/gk20a.h
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ struct gk20a {
 	bool aggressive_sync_destroy;
 
 	/** Debugfs knob for forcing syncpt support off in runtime. */
-	u32 disable_syncpoints;
+	bool disable_syncpoints;
 
 	/** Is LS PMU supported? */
 	bool support_ls_pmu;
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/debug.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/debug.c
index 8c55aa21d..609eb5f86 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/debug.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/os/linux/debug.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ void gk20a_debug_init(struct gk20a *g, const char *debugfs_symlink)
 	debugfs_create_u32("ch_wdt_init_limit_ms", S_IRUGO|S_IWUSR,
 		l->debugfs, &g->ch_wdt_init_limit_ms);
 
-	debugfs_create_u32("disable_syncpoints", S_IRUGO,
+	debugfs_create_bool("disable_syncpoints", S_IRUGO,
 		l->debugfs, &g->disable_syncpoints);
 
 	/* New debug logging API. */