diff --git a/tools/include/linux/bitops.h b/tools/include/linux/bitops.h
index 5ad9ee1dd7f6aed579a5e631e309438a80bb472f..49c929a104eee364fe796f64d895d3ab9cced797 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/bitops.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/bitops.h
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@
 #define __WORDSIZE (__SIZEOF_LONG__ * 8)
 #endif
 
-#define BITS_PER_LONG __WORDSIZE
+#ifndef BITS_PER_LONG
+# define BITS_PER_LONG __WORDSIZE
+#endif
 
 #define BIT_MASK(nr)		(1UL << ((nr) % BITS_PER_LONG))
 #define BIT_WORD(nr)		((nr) / BITS_PER_LONG)