1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/atomic64_32.c b/arch/x86/lib/atomic64_32.c
index d21e725d3d84..afa5d444918b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/atomic64_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/atomic64_32.c
@@ -67,13 +67,9 @@ void atomic64_set(atomic64_t *ptr, u64 new_val)
  */
 u64 atomic64_read(atomic64_t *ptr)
 {
-        u64 curr_val;
+        u64 old = 1LL << 32;
 
-        do {
-                curr_val = __atomic64_read(ptr);
-        } while (atomic64_cmpxchg(ptr, curr_val, curr_val) != curr_val);
-
-        return curr_val;
+        return cmpxchg8b(&ptr->counter, old, old);
 }
 
 /**