diff --git a/include/wlr/xwayland/xwayland.h b/include/wlr/xwayland/xwayland.h
index b38cc74f2..fb8bca08d 100644
--- a/include/wlr/xwayland/xwayland.h
+++ b/include/wlr/xwayland/xwayland.h
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ struct wlr_xwayland {
 	} events;
 
 	/**
-	 * Add a custom event handler to xwayland. Return 1 if the event was
-	 * handled or 0 to use the default wlr-xwayland handler. wlr-xwayland will
+	 * Add a custom event handler to xwayland. Return true if the event was
+	 * handled or false to use the default wlr-xwayland handler. wlr-xwayland will
 	 * free the event.
 	 */
-	int (*user_event_handler)(struct wlr_xwm *xwm, xcb_generic_event_t *event);
+	bool (*user_event_handler)(struct wlr_xwayland *wlr_xwayland, xcb_generic_event_t *event);
 
 	void *data;
 
diff --git a/xwayland/xwm.c b/xwayland/xwm.c
index d0fca4831..d16185d43 100644
--- a/xwayland/xwm.c
+++ b/xwayland/xwm.c
@@ -1747,7 +1747,7 @@ static int x11_event_handler(int fd, uint32_t mask, void *data) {
 		count++;
 
 		if (xwm->xwayland->user_event_handler &&
-				xwm->xwayland->user_event_handler(xwm, event)) {
+				xwm->xwayland->user_event_handler(xwm->xwayland, event)) {
 			free(event);
 			continue;
 		}