diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_rotate.c b/libavfilter/vf_rotate.c
index 46ab796c7a..f12a103bf9 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_rotate.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_rotate.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ static const AVOption rotate_options[] = {
     { "oh",        "set output height expression", OFFSET(outh_expr_str), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="ih"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, .flags=FLAGS },
     { "fillcolor", "set background fill color",    OFFSET(fillcolor_str), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="black"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, .flags=FLAGS },
     { "c",         "set background fill color",    OFFSET(fillcolor_str), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, {.str="black"}, CHAR_MIN, CHAR_MAX, .flags=FLAGS },
-    { "bilinear",  "use bilinear interpolation",   OFFSET(use_bilinear),  AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, {.i64=1}, 0, 1, .flags=FLAGS },
+    { "bilinear",  "use bilinear interpolation",   OFFSET(use_bilinear),  AV_OPT_TYPE_BOOL, {.i64=1}, 0, 1, .flags=FLAGS },
     { NULL }
 };