diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index d9b577db6e19..7e079b6994fe 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -1664,10 +1664,10 @@
 			enabled.
 			Allows heavy hugetlb users to free up some more
 			memory (7 * PAGE_SIZE for each 2MB hugetlb page).
-			Format: { on | off (default) }
+			Format: { [oO][Nn]/Y/y/1 | [oO][Ff]/N/n/0 (default) }
 
-			on:  enable the feature
-			off: disable the feature
+			[oO][Nn]/Y/y/1: enable the feature
+			[oO][Ff]/N/n/0: disable the feature
 
 			Built with CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP_DEFAULT_ON=y,
 			the default is on.
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
index 6254bb2d4ae5..cc4ec752ec16 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
 
 static int __init hugetlb_vmemmap_early_param(char *buf)
 {
-	if (!buf)
+	bool enable;
+
+	if (kstrtobool(buf, &enable))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!strcmp(buf, "on"))
+	if (enable)
 		static_branch_enable(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
-	else if (!strcmp(buf, "off"))
-		static_branch_disable(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
 	else
-		return -EINVAL;
+		static_branch_disable(&hugetlb_optimize_vmemmap_key);
 
 	return 0;
 }