diff --git a/lib/bb/fetch2/gitsm.py b/lib/bb/fetch2/gitsm.py
index f514aedaf..aeeb3cf63 100644
--- a/lib/bb/fetch2/gitsm.py
+++ b/lib/bb/fetch2/gitsm.py
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ class GitSM(Git):
             url += ";name=%s" % module
             url += ";subpath=%s" % module
             url += ";nobranch=1"
-            url += ";lfs=%s" % self._need_lfs(ud)
+            url += ";lfs=%s" % "1" if self._need_lfs(ud) else "0"
             # Note that adding "user=" here to give credentials to the
             # submodule is not supported. Since using SRC_URI to give git://
             # URL a password is not supported, one have to use one of the