diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/tls32.c b/arch/x86/ia32/tls32.c
index 1cc4340de3ca4997b9966e8a5065f21b42e8c6c2..cac4b26b58955211826f490ea805a4957ac1d360 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/tls32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/tls32.c
@@ -85,11 +85,6 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_set_thread_area(struct user_desc __user *u_info)
  * Get the current Thread-Local Storage area:
  */
 
-#define GET_BASE(desc) ( \
-	(((desc)->a >> 16) & 0x0000ffff) | \
-	(((desc)->b << 16) & 0x00ff0000) | \
-	( (desc)->b        & 0xff000000)   )
-
 #define GET_LIMIT(desc) ( \
 	((desc)->a & 0x0ffff) | \
 	 ((desc)->b & 0xf0000) )
@@ -117,7 +112,7 @@ int do_get_thread_area(struct thread_struct *t, struct user_desc __user *u_info)
 
 	memset(&info, 0, sizeof(struct user_desc));
 	info.entry_number = idx;
-	info.base_addr = GET_BASE(desc);
+	info.base_addr = get_desc_base(desc);
 	info.limit = GET_LIMIT(desc);
 	info.seg_32bit = GET_32BIT(desc);
 	info.contents = GET_CONTENTS(desc);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
index aa9414ed74c75e1a1dbc1b3623ff343389e41ea6..9ea1d7546f808cd9f6c98c4bdad8d05f69ea53c3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process_64.c
@@ -464,11 +464,7 @@ static inline void set_32bit_tls(struct task_struct *t, int tls, u32 addr)
 
 static inline u32 read_32bit_tls(struct task_struct *t, int tls)
 {
-	struct desc_struct *desc = (void *)t->thread.tls_array;
-	desc += tls;
-	return desc->base0 | 
-		(((u32)desc->base1) << 16) | 
-		(((u32)desc->base2) << 24);
+	return get_desc_base(&t->thread.tls_array[tls]);
 }
 
 /*