diff --git a/include/asm-m32r/spinlock.h b/include/asm-m32r/spinlock.h
index f94c1a673569109cbe336c2849b7f228183bc988..f9f90727a4a1f9c88485150e380db6113d461218 100644
--- a/include/asm-m32r/spinlock.h
+++ b/include/asm-m32r/spinlock.h
@@ -298,7 +298,14 @@ static inline void __raw_write_unlock(raw_rwlock_t *rw)
 	);
 }
 
-#define __raw_read_trylock(lock) generic__raw_read_trylock(lock)
+static inline int __raw_read_trylock(raw_rwlock_t *lock)
+{
+	atomic_t *count = (atomic_t*)lock;
+	if (atomic_dec_return(count) >= 0)
+		return 1;
+	atomic_inc(count);
+	return 0;
+}
 
 static inline int __raw_write_trylock(raw_rwlock_t *lock)
 {