diff --git a/cloudinit/analyze/__init__.py b/cloudinit/analyze/__init__.py
index ea2144cb387..ae978ba7a01 100644
--- a/cloudinit/analyze/__init__.py
+++ b/cloudinit/analyze/__init__.py
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def get_parser(
     return parser
 
 
-def analyze_boot(name: str, args: argparse.Namespace) -> str:
+def analyze_boot(name: str, args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
     """Report a list of how long different boot operations took.
 
     For Example:
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ def analyze_boot(name: str, args: argparse.Namespace) -> str:
 
     outfh.write(status_map[status_code].format(**kwargs))
     clean_io(infh, outfh)
-    return status_code
+    return 1 if status_code == show.FAIL_CODE else 0
 
 
 def analyze_blame(name, args: argparse.Namespace) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/unittests/analyze/test_boot.py b/tests/unittests/analyze/test_boot.py
index 6487790ddc6..9e89ef8867e 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/analyze/test_boot.py
+++ b/tests/unittests/analyze/test_boot.py
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ def test_container_no_ci_log_line(self, m_is_container, m_subp):
         finish_code = analyze_boot(name_default, args)
 
         self.remove_dummy_file(path, log_path)
-        assert FAIL_CODE == finish_code
+        assert 1 == finish_code
 
     @mock.patch("cloudinit.util.is_container", return_value=True)
     @mock.patch("cloudinit.subp.subp", return_value=("U=1000000", None))
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ def test_container_ci_log_line(self, m_is_container, m_subp, m_get, m_g):
         finish_code = analyze_boot(name_default, args)
 
         self.remove_dummy_file(path, log_path)
-        assert CONTAINER_CODE == finish_code
+        assert 0 == finish_code
 
     @mock.patch("cloudinit.analyze.show.SystemctlReader")
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(