diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
index 433e75a2ee9afa2ff315bf39a97a429ebc64f6a4..fe4afb0f152fe7f9780f32533c0f7d1b09ed66a3 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ config PARISC
 	select BUG
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if !64BIT
+	select ARCH_HAS_ATOMIC64_DEC_IF_POSITIVE
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
 	select BROKEN_RODATA
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/atomic.h
index f38e1984b242f8df63e470bc878d62e8d3f4c447..472886ceab1dde20c5ac3928c4f71dd2642d547a 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -229,6 +229,29 @@ static __inline__ int atomic64_add_unless(atomic64_t *v, long a, long u)
 
 #define atomic64_inc_not_zero(v) atomic64_add_unless((v), 1, 0)
 
+/*
+ * atomic64_dec_if_positive - decrement by 1 if old value positive
+ * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
+ *
+ * The function returns the old value of *v minus 1, even if
+ * the atomic variable, v, was not decremented.
+ */
+static inline long atomic64_dec_if_positive(atomic64_t *v)
+{
+	long c, old, dec;
+	c = atomic64_read(v);
+	for (;;) {
+		dec = c - 1;
+		if (unlikely(dec < 0))
+			break;
+		old = atomic64_cmpxchg((v), c, dec);
+		if (likely(old == c))
+			break;
+		c = old;
+	}
+	return dec;
+}
+
 #endif /* !CONFIG_64BIT */