diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 1a69b68ff6cc6b1bec389523bb47bf924a776245..700447738e734f1044e88201e507c19ac088f6ea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ config GENERIC_BUG
 	depends on BUG
 
 config GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
-	def_bool X86_32
+	def_bool y
 
 config GENERIC_FIND_NEXT_BIT
 	def_bool y
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/bitops_64.c b/arch/x86/lib/bitops_64.c
index 0eeb704d25133e4a91bb920fe106822dd4a5c1b2..568467d390c0c8baacf6996e899f5804a086e35c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/bitops_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/bitops_64.c
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#ifndef CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 
 #undef find_first_zero_bit
@@ -105,3 +106,4 @@ long find_first_bit(const unsigned long * addr, unsigned long size)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_first_bit);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_first_zero_bit);
+#endif
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/bitops_64.h b/include/asm-x86/bitops_64.h
index d13352087191b7b8a7a6cbd2e02e9ab671917da4..4081d7ecc2bddf3804244488e962b558ed3837df 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/bitops_64.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/bitops_64.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * Copyright 1992, Linus Torvalds.
  */
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
 extern long find_first_zero_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size);
 extern long find_first_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size);
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ static inline long __scanbit(unsigned long val, unsigned long max)
 	((__builtin_constant_p((size)) && (size) <= BITS_PER_LONG	\
 	  ? (__scanbit(~*(unsigned long *)(addr), (size)))		\
 	  : find_first_zero_bit((addr), (size))))
+#endif
 
 static inline void set_bit_string(unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned long i,
 				  int len)