diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/atomic.h
index e7fb447bce8e..e5103b47a8ce 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/cmpxchg.h>
+#include <asm/barrier.h>
 
 #define ATOMIC_INIT(i)	{ (i) }
 
@@ -387,12 +388,6 @@ static inline void atomic_set_mask(unsigned int mask, atomic_t *v)
 #endif
 }
 
-/* Atomic operations are already serializing */
-#define smp_mb__before_atomic_dec()	barrier()
-#define smp_mb__after_atomic_dec()	barrier()
-#define smp_mb__before_atomic_inc()	barrier()
-#define smp_mb__after_atomic_inc()	barrier()
-
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* _XTENSA_ATOMIC_H */
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/barrier.h
index 0a24b04d6b21..5b88774c75ab 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/barrier.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/barrier.h
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 #define rmb() barrier()
 #define wmb() mb()
 
+#define smp_mb__before_atomic()		barrier()
+#define smp_mb__after_atomic()		barrier()
+
 #include <asm-generic/barrier.h>
 
 #endif /* _XTENSA_SYSTEM_H */
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/bitops.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/bitops.h
index 7b6873ae84c2..3f44fa2a53e9 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/bitops.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/bitops.h
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
-
-#define smp_mb__before_clear_bit()	smp_mb()
-#define smp_mb__after_clear_bit()	smp_mb()
+#include <asm/barrier.h>
 
 #include <asm-generic/bitops/non-atomic.h>