diff --git a/tools/integration_tests/gzip/read_gzip_test.go b/tools/integration_tests/gzip/read_gzip_test.go
index 1da9b4127c..433803ee0e 100644
--- a/tools/integration_tests/gzip/read_gzip_test.go
+++ b/tools/integration_tests/gzip/read_gzip_test.go
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ func verifyFileSizeAndFullFileRead(t *testing.T, filename string) {
 
 	defer operations.RemoveFile(localCopy)
 
-	diff, err := operations.DiffFiles(localCopy, mountedFilePath)
-	if diff != 0 {
+	diff, err := operations.AreFilesIdentical(localCopy, mountedFilePath)
+	if !diff {
 		t.Fatalf("Tempfile (%s, download of GCS object %s) didn't match the Mounted local file (%s): %v", localCopy, gcsObjectPath, mountedFilePath, err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/tools/integration_tests/util/operations/file_operations.go b/tools/integration_tests/util/operations/file_operations.go
index 24562150a1..1521a973f0 100644
--- a/tools/integration_tests/util/operations/file_operations.go
+++ b/tools/integration_tests/util/operations/file_operations.go
@@ -315,44 +315,43 @@ func StatFile(file string) (*fs.FileInfo, error) {
 // If sizes match, then compares the contents of both the files.
 // Not a good idea for very large files as it loads both the files' contents in
 // the memory completely.
-// Returns 0 if no error and files match.
-// Returns 1 if files don't match and captures reason for mismatch in err.
-// Returns 2 if any error.
-func DiffFiles(filepath1, filepath2 string) (int, error) {
+// Returns true if no error and files match.
+// Returns false if files don't match (captures reason for mismatch in err) or if any other error.
+func AreFilesIdentical(filepath1, filepath2 string) (bool, error) {
 	if filepath1 == "" || filepath2 == "" {
-		return 2, fmt.Errorf("one or both files being diff'ed have empty path")
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("one or both files being diff'ed have empty path")
 	} else if filepath1 == filepath2 {
-		return 0, nil
+		return true, nil
 	}
 
 	fstat1, err := StatFile(filepath1)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 2, err
+		return false, err
 	}
 
 	fstat2, err := StatFile(filepath2)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 2, err
+		return false, err
 	}
 
 	file1size := (*fstat1).Size()
 	file2size := (*fstat2).Size()
 	if file1size != file2size {
-		return 1, fmt.Errorf("files don't match in size: %s (%d bytes), %s (%d bytes)", filepath1, file1size, filepath2, file2size)
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("files don't match in size: %s (%d bytes), %s (%d bytes)", filepath1, file1size, filepath2, file2size)
 	}
 
 	if file1size == 0 {
-		return 0, nil
+		return true, nil
 	}
 
 	f1, err := os.OpenFile(filepath1, os.O_RDONLY|syscall.O_DIRECT, FilePermission_0400)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 2, fmt.Errorf("failed to read file %s: %v", filepath1, err)
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to read file %s: %v", filepath1, err)
 	}
 
 	f2, err := os.OpenFile(filepath2, os.O_RDONLY|syscall.O_DIRECT, FilePermission_0400)
 	if err != nil {
-		return 2, fmt.Errorf("failed to read file %s: %v", filepath2, err)
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to read file %s: %v", filepath2, err)
 	}
 
 	sizeRemaining := int(file1size)
@@ -368,26 +367,26 @@ func DiffFiles(filepath1, filepath2 string) (int, error) {
 
 		numBytesRead1, err := f1.Read(b1)
 		if err != nil {
-			return 2, fmt.Errorf("failed to read file %s: %v", filepath1, err)
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to read file %s: %v", filepath1, err)
 		} else if numBytesRead1 != numBytesBeingRead {
-			return 2, fmt.Errorf("failed to read file %s, expected read bytes = %d, actual read bytes = %d", filepath1, numBytesBeingRead, numBytesRead1)
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to read file %s, expected read bytes = %d, actual read bytes = %d", filepath1, numBytesBeingRead, numBytesRead1)
 		}
 
 		numBytesRead2, err := f2.Read(b2)
 		if err != nil {
-			return 2, fmt.Errorf("failed to read file %s", filepath2)
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to read file %s", filepath2)
 		} else if numBytesRead2 != numBytesBeingRead {
-			return 2, fmt.Errorf("failed to read file %s, expected read bytes = %d, actual read bytes = %d", filepath2, numBytesBeingRead, numBytesRead2)
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to read file %s, expected read bytes = %d, actual read bytes = %d", filepath2, numBytesBeingRead, numBytesRead2)
 		}
 
 		if !bytes.Equal(b1[:numBytesBeingRead], b2[:numBytesBeingRead]) {
-			return 1, fmt.Errorf("files don't match in content: %s, %s", filepath1, filepath2)
+			return false, fmt.Errorf("files don't match in content: %s, %s", filepath1, filepath2)
 		}
 
 		sizeRemaining -= numBytesBeingRead
 	}
 
-	return 0, nil
+	return true, nil
 }
 
 // Returns size of a give GCS object with path (without 'gs://').
diff --git a/tools/integration_tests/write_large_files/write_large_files_test.go b/tools/integration_tests/write_large_files/write_large_files_test.go
index 6dc3a83099..1be548e263 100644
--- a/tools/integration_tests/write_large_files/write_large_files_test.go
+++ b/tools/integration_tests/write_large_files/write_large_files_test.go
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ func compareFileFromGCSBucketAndMntDir(gcsFile, mntDirFile, localFilePathToDownl
 
 	// DiffFiles loads the entire files into memory. These are both 500 MiB files, hence would have a 1 GiB
 	// requirement just for this step
-	diff, err := operations.DiffFiles(mntDirFile, localFilePathToDownloadGcsFile)
-	if diff != 0 {
+	diff, err := operations.AreFilesIdentical(mntDirFile, localFilePathToDownloadGcsFile)
+	if !diff {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("Download of GCS object %s didn't match the Mounted local file (%s): %v", localFilePathToDownloadGcsFile, mntDirFile, err)
 		return
 	}