diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/arch_hweight.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/arch_hweight.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..712a7445ee93a11082afb9e781e4393296b1ec3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/arch_hweight.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * This file is subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public
+ * License.  See the file "COPYING" in the main directory of this archive
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ */
+#ifndef _ASM_ARCH_HWEIGHT_H
+#define _ASM_ARCH_HWEIGHT_H
+
+#ifdef ARCH_HAS_USABLE_BUILTIN_POPCOUNT
+
+#include <asm/types.h>
+
+static inline unsigned int __arch_hweight32(unsigned int w)
+{
+	return __builtin_popcount(w);
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int __arch_hweight16(unsigned int w)
+{
+	return __builtin_popcount(w & 0xffff);
+}
+
+static inline unsigned int __arch_hweight8(unsigned int w)
+{
+	return __builtin_popcount(w & 0xff);
+}
+
+static inline unsigned long __arch_hweight64(__u64 w)
+{
+	return __builtin_popcountll(w);
+}
+
+#else
+#include <asm-generic/bitops/arch_hweight.h>
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _ASM_ARCH_HWEIGHT_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/bitops.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/bitops.h
index 9255cfbee4596b2281a470a740d8bb0d493d5700..b0ce7ca2851f8fc32413e407942cc7367d6643d9 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/bitops.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/bitops.h
@@ -700,7 +700,10 @@ static inline int ffs(int word)
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 #include <asm-generic/bitops/sched.h>
-#include <asm-generic/bitops/hweight.h>
+
+#include <asm/arch_hweight.h>
+#include <asm-generic/bitops/const_hweight.h>
+
 #include <asm-generic/bitops/ext2-non-atomic.h>
 #include <asm-generic/bitops/ext2-atomic.h>
 #include <asm-generic/bitops/minix.h>