diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/spinlock.h
index 5162f8cd18c090d0b50cafa295c24035fc60c6e7..a30ef6999d6623de032d22035358f1f06856cfc3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
 #include <asm/synch.h>
 #include <asm/ppc-opcode.h>
 
-#define arch_spin_is_locked(x)		((x)->slock != 0)
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 /* use 0x800000yy when locked, where yy == CPU number */
 #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN__
@@ -59,6 +57,11 @@ static __always_inline int arch_spin_value_unlocked(arch_spinlock_t lock)
 	return lock.slock == 0;
 }
 
+static inline int arch_spin_is_locked(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
+{
+	return !arch_spin_value_unlocked(*lock);
+}
+
 /*
  * This returns the old value in the lock, so we succeeded
  * in getting the lock if the return value is 0.