diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/futures.py b/Lib/asyncio/futures.py
index bed4da52fd4..2d22ef66c9c 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/futures.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/futures.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def _log_traceback(self):
 
     @_log_traceback.setter
     def _log_traceback(self, val):
-        if bool(val):
+        if val:
             raise ValueError('_log_traceback can only be set to False')
         self.__log_traceback = False