diff --git a/lib/find_bit.c b/lib/find_bit.c
index 18072ea9c20ebba59aaa3fdf69ee6bfc1db395b6..6ed74f78380ce1f6e69568fad0c28d685a5f2048 100644
--- a/lib/find_bit.c
+++ b/lib/find_bit.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static unsigned long _find_next_bit(const unsigned long *addr,
 {
 	unsigned long tmp;
 
-	if (!nbits || start >= nbits)
+	if (unlikely(start >= nbits))
 		return nbits;
 
 	tmp = addr[start / BITS_PER_LONG] ^ invert;
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static unsigned long _find_next_bit_le(const unsigned long *addr,
 {
 	unsigned long tmp;
 
-	if (!nbits || start >= nbits)
+	if (unlikely(start >= nbits))
 		return nbits;
 
 	tmp = addr[start / BITS_PER_LONG] ^ invert;
diff --git a/tools/lib/find_bit.c b/tools/lib/find_bit.c
index 6d8b8f22cf55d8a825d6dd4d56f992dd5e1d63b8..42c15f906aac5baf9debab89e881003b60c889c4 100644
--- a/tools/lib/find_bit.c
+++ b/tools/lib/find_bit.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static unsigned long _find_next_bit(const unsigned long *addr,
 {
 	unsigned long tmp;
 
-	if (!nbits || start >= nbits)
+	if (unlikely(start >= nbits))
 		return nbits;
 
 	tmp = addr[start / BITS_PER_LONG] ^ invert;