diff --git a/qdf/inc/qdf_util.h b/qdf/inc/qdf_util.h
index be0f470ef4..c0e87ed761 100644
--- a/qdf/inc/qdf_util.h
+++ b/qdf/inc/qdf_util.h
@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@
 #endif
 
 typedef __qdf_wait_queue_head_t qdf_wait_queue_head_t;
-typedef void (*qdf_fw_down_callback)(void);
+/**
+ * qdf_is_fw_down_callback - callback to query if fw is down
+ *
+ * Return: true if fw is down and false if fw is not down
+ */
+typedef bool (*qdf_is_fw_down_callback)(void);
 
 /**
  * qdf_unlikely - Compiler-dependent macro denoting code likely to execute
@@ -673,8 +678,9 @@ void qdf_get_random_bytes(void *buf, int nbytes)
 
 /**
  * qdf_register_fw_down_callback() - API to register fw down callback
+ * @is_fw_down: callback to query if fw is down or not
  *
  * Return: none
  */
-void qdf_register_fw_down_callback(qdf_fw_down_callback *fw_down_callback);
+void qdf_register_fw_down_callback(qdf_is_fw_down_callback *is_fw_down);
 #endif /*_QDF_UTIL_H*/
diff --git a/qdf/src/qdf_util.c b/qdf/src/qdf_util.c
index fa557b1f8a..89c823821b 100644
--- a/qdf/src/qdf_util.c
+++ b/qdf/src/qdf_util.c
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 #include "qdf_module.h"
 #include "qdf_util.h"
 
-static qdf_fw_down_callback *is_fw_down_cb;
+static qdf_is_fw_down_callback *is_fw_down_cb;
 
-void qdf_register_fw_down_callback(qdf_fw_down_callback *fw_down_callback)
+void qdf_register_fw_down_callback(qdf_is_fw_down_callback *is_fw_down)
 {
-	is_fw_down_cb = fw_down_callback;
+	is_fw_down_cb = is_fw_down;
 }
 qdf_export_symbol(qdf_register_fw_down_callback);