diff --git a/src/hal/halmodule.cc b/src/hal/halmodule.cc
index 3f581d7de4b..9c354a30aa8 100644
--- a/src/hal/halmodule.cc
+++ b/src/hal/halmodule.cc
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ bool from_python(PyObject *o, bool *b)
     if(PyFloat_Check(o)) {
         // Floating point is false *only* when it is 0.0
         double v = PyFloat_AsDouble(o);
-        *b = 0.0 == v;
+        *b = 0.0 != v;
         return true;
     }
 
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ static bool check_port(const pyhalitem *item, const char *pfx)
         return false;
     }
     if(item->pin.type != HAL_PORT) {
-        PyErr_Format(PyExc_RuntimeError, "%s: %s: Pin type not HAL_PORT but '%d'", pfx, (int)item->pin.type);
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_RuntimeError, "%s: %s: Pin type not HAL_PORT but '%d'", pfx, item->name, (int)item->pin.type);
         return false;
     }
     return true;
@@ -2239,6 +2239,7 @@ static const halenum_member_t halenum_rt_members[] = {
     {"LXRT",            REALTIME_TYPE_LXRT},
     {"XENOMAI",         REALTIME_TYPE_XENOMAI},
     {"XENOMAI_EVL",     REALTIME_TYPE_XENOMAI_EVL},
+    {}
 };
 
 // Build an enum.IntEnum subclass from a member table. The class claims
diff --git a/tests/halmodule/comp-set-get/expected b/tests/halmodule/comp-set-get/expected
index 37c7b48be8d..34009b990ec 100644
--- a/tests/halmodule/comp-set-get/expected
+++ b/tests/halmodule/comp-set-get/expected
@@ -35,3 +35,8 @@ pincheck s True True True
 pincheck param False True True
 set u 0 0
 set u -1 fail
+set param 0.0 ok
+set param 1.0 ok
+set param -0.5 True
+set param 0 ok
+set param 2 True
diff --git a/tests/halmodule/comp-set-get/test.py b/tests/halmodule/comp-set-get/test.py
index 46d6d36b0f3..9a10f2a60e3 100755
--- a/tests/halmodule/comp-set-get/test.py
+++ b/tests/halmodule/comp-set-get/test.py
@@ -88,6 +88,13 @@ def pin_validate(i, t, d):
 
     try_set_pin(pu, 0)
     try_set_pin(pu, -1)
+
+    # A float into a bool is false only when it is 0.0
+    try_set("param", 0.0)
+    try_set("param", 1.0)
+    try_set("param", -0.5)
+    try_set("param", 0)
+    try_set("param", 2)
 except:
     import traceback
     print("Exception: {}".format(traceback.format_exc()))