diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/common.c b/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/common.c
index ed698fa90b..b167cc3ce2 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/common.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/common.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ void shadow_vcpu_init(struct vcpu *v)
 }
 
 #if SHADOW_AUDIT
-int shadow_audit_enable = 0;
+bool __read_mostly shadow_audit_enable;
 
 static void cf_check shadow_audit_key(unsigned char key)
 {
@@ -884,7 +884,7 @@ static void sh_hash_audit_bucket(struct domain *d, int bucket)
     struct page_info *sp, *x;
 
     if ( !(SHADOW_AUDIT & (SHADOW_AUDIT_HASH|SHADOW_AUDIT_HASH_FULL)) ||
-         !SHADOW_AUDIT_ENABLE )
+         !shadow_audit_enable )
         return;
 
     sp = d->arch.paging.shadow.hash_table[bucket];
@@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ static void sh_hash_audit(struct domain *d)
 {
     int i;
 
-    if ( !(SHADOW_AUDIT & SHADOW_AUDIT_HASH_FULL) || !SHADOW_AUDIT_ENABLE )
+    if ( !(SHADOW_AUDIT & SHADOW_AUDIT_HASH_FULL) || !shadow_audit_enable )
         return;
 
     for ( i = 0; i < SHADOW_HASH_BUCKETS; i++ )
@@ -2619,7 +2619,7 @@ void shadow_audit_tables(struct vcpu *v)
     unsigned int mask;
 
     if ( !(SHADOW_AUDIT & (SHADOW_AUDIT_ENTRIES | SHADOW_AUDIT_ENTRIES_FULL)) ||
-         !SHADOW_AUDIT_ENABLE )
+         !shadow_audit_enable )
         return;
 
     if ( SHADOW_AUDIT & SHADOW_AUDIT_ENTRIES_FULL )
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/multi.c b/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/multi.c
index 2990cee869..1b0477ed2b 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/multi.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/multi.c
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ static void sh_audit_gw(struct vcpu *v, const walk_t *gw)
     struct domain *d = v->domain;
     mfn_t smfn;
 
-    if ( !(SHADOW_AUDIT_ENABLE) )
+    if ( !shadow_audit_enable )
         return;
 
 #if GUEST_PAGING_LEVELS >= 4 /* 64-bit only... */
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/private.h b/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/private.h
index 8c8e29a021..40b02421ff 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/private.h
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/private.h
@@ -33,11 +33,10 @@
 
 #ifdef NDEBUG
 #define SHADOW_AUDIT                   0
-#define SHADOW_AUDIT_ENABLE            0
+#define shadow_audit_enable        false
 #else
 #define SHADOW_AUDIT                0x15  /* Basic audit of all */
-#define SHADOW_AUDIT_ENABLE         shadow_audit_enable
-extern int shadow_audit_enable;
+extern bool shadow_audit_enable;
 #endif
 
 /******************************************************************************