diff --git a/include/asm-m68knommu/bitops.h b/include/asm-m68knommu/bitops.h
index 4058dd086a029d8a16515f6933fb65eb69ceab90..25d8a3cfef90a385e88a5ee4c5b05910301ffaac 100644
--- a/include/asm-m68knommu/bitops.h
+++ b/include/asm-m68knommu/bitops.h
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ static __inline__ int find_next_zero_bit (const void * addr, int size, int offse
 	tmp = *p;
 
 found_first:
-	tmp |= ~0UL >> size;
+	tmp |= ~0UL << size;
 found_middle:
 	return result + ffz(tmp);
 }