diff --git a/src/conf/secret_conf.c b/src/conf/secret_conf.c
index 0c6132ab5a..a81a91b6c9 100644
--- a/src/conf/secret_conf.c
+++ b/src/conf/secret_conf.c
@@ -175,9 +175,9 @@ secretXMLParseNode(xmlDocPtr xml, xmlNodePtr root)
     prop = virXPathString("string(./@private)", ctxt);
     if (prop != NULL) {
         if (STREQ(prop, "yes"))
-            def->private = 1;
+            def->private = true;
         else if (STREQ(prop, "no"))
-            def->private = 0;
+            def->private = false;
         else {
             virReportError(VIR_ERR_XML_ERROR, "%s",
                            _("invalid value of 'private'"));
diff --git a/src/conf/secret_conf.h b/src/conf/secret_conf.h
index 936635e056..a2ae0bc475 100644
--- a/src/conf/secret_conf.h
+++ b/src/conf/secret_conf.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ typedef struct _virSecretDef virSecretDef;
 typedef virSecretDef *virSecretDefPtr;
 struct _virSecretDef {
     bool ephemeral;
-    unsigned private : 1;
+    bool private;
     unsigned char uuid[VIR_UUID_BUFLEN];
     char *description;          /* May be NULL */
     int usage_type;
diff --git a/src/storage/storage_backend.c b/src/storage/storage_backend.c
index ba51ff2a22..aa3f147702 100644
--- a/src/storage/storage_backend.c
+++ b/src/storage/storage_backend.c
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ virStorageGenerateQcowEncryption(virConnectPtr conn,
     }
 
     def->ephemeral = false;
-    def->private = 0;
+    def->private = false;
     if (virStorageGenerateSecretUUID(conn, def->uuid) < 0)
         goto cleanup;