diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bitops/find.h b/include/asm-generic/bitops/find.h
index 110fa700f85380e29397287ef597734f2a366149..71c778033f575e53b106c0fa649202d0a6a5ee3a 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/bitops/find.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bitops/find.h
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_GENERIC_BITOPS_FIND_H_
 #define _ASM_GENERIC_BITOPS_FIND_H_
 
+#ifndef find_next_bit
 /**
  * find_next_bit - find the next set bit in a memory region
  * @addr: The address to base the search on
@@ -9,7 +10,9 @@
  */
 extern unsigned long find_next_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long
 		size, unsigned long offset);
+#endif
 
+#ifndef find_next_zero_bit
 /**
  * find_next_zero_bit - find the next cleared bit in a memory region
  * @addr: The address to base the search on
@@ -18,6 +21,7 @@ extern unsigned long find_next_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long
  */
 extern unsigned long find_next_zero_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned
 		long size, unsigned long offset);
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
 
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bitops/le.h b/include/asm-generic/bitops/le.h
index 946a21b1b5dc66dffae64c4b58f10efaa2e940fd..f95c663a6a4169f6a7ae2258623aeebec6d661c9 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/bitops/le.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bitops/le.h
@@ -30,13 +30,20 @@ static inline unsigned long find_first_zero_bit_le(const void *addr,
 
 #define BITOP_LE_SWIZZLE	((BITS_PER_LONG-1) & ~0x7)
 
+#ifndef find_next_zero_bit_le
 extern unsigned long find_next_zero_bit_le(const void *addr,
 		unsigned long size, unsigned long offset);
+#endif
+
+#ifndef find_next_bit_le
 extern unsigned long find_next_bit_le(const void *addr,
 		unsigned long size, unsigned long offset);
+#endif
 
+#ifndef find_first_zero_bit_le
 #define find_first_zero_bit_le(addr, size) \
 	find_next_zero_bit_le((addr), (size), 0)
+#endif
 
 #else
 #error "Please fix <asm/byteorder.h>"
diff --git a/include/linux/bitops.h b/include/linux/bitops.h
index 2184c6b97aebb699206e2eb7426bd716b8f0e54f..4829252d7cfa9bade1ed221a596835dbf4420f1b 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitops.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitops.h
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ static inline unsigned long __ffs64(u64 word)
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_LAST_BIT
+#ifndef find_last_bit
 /**
  * find_last_bit - find the last set bit in a memory region
  * @addr: The address to start the search at
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ static inline unsigned long __ffs64(u64 word)
  */
 extern unsigned long find_last_bit(const unsigned long *addr,
 				   unsigned long size);
+#endif
 #endif /* CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_LAST_BIT */
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/lib/find_last_bit.c b/lib/find_last_bit.c
index 5d202e36bdd8b9e2d3e36d61d4733f11e2c4f147..d903959ad69598732ce47eba3cc17afbd45b0087 100644
--- a/lib/find_last_bit.c
+++ b/lib/find_last_bit.c
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include <asm/types.h>
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 
+#ifndef find_last_bit
+
 unsigned long find_last_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size)
 {
 	unsigned long words;
@@ -43,3 +45,5 @@ unsigned long find_last_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size)
 	return size;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_last_bit);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/find_next_bit.c b/lib/find_next_bit.c
index b0a8767282bf674fe980f17b5d192103e5ffc4f5..c02d09f37d586c93978a0b20fbe2ecb75fc3ffb2 100644
--- a/lib/find_next_bit.c
+++ b/lib/find_next_bit.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #define BITOP_WORD(nr)		((nr) / BITS_PER_LONG)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_NEXT_BIT
+#ifndef find_next_bit
 /*
  * Find the next set bit in a memory region.
  */
@@ -59,7 +60,9 @@ unsigned long find_next_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size,
 	return result + __ffs(tmp);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_next_bit);
+#endif
 
+#ifndef find_next_zero_bit
 /*
  * This implementation of find_{first,next}_zero_bit was stolen from
  * Linus' asm-alpha/bitops.h.
@@ -103,9 +106,11 @@ unsigned long find_next_zero_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size,
 	return result + ffz(tmp);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_next_zero_bit);
+#endif
 #endif /* CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_NEXT_BIT */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
+#ifndef find_first_bit
 /*
  * Find the first set bit in a memory region.
  */
@@ -131,7 +136,9 @@ unsigned long find_first_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size)
 	return result + __ffs(tmp);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_first_bit);
+#endif
 
+#ifndef find_first_zero_bit
 /*
  * Find the first cleared bit in a memory region.
  */
@@ -157,6 +164,7 @@ unsigned long find_first_zero_bit(const unsigned long *addr, unsigned long size)
 	return result + ffz(tmp);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_first_zero_bit);
+#endif
 #endif /* CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT */
 
 #ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN
@@ -186,6 +194,7 @@ static inline unsigned long ext2_swab(const unsigned long y)
 #endif
 }
 
+#ifndef find_next_zero_bit_le
 unsigned long find_next_zero_bit_le(const void *addr, unsigned
 		long size, unsigned long offset)
 {
@@ -229,7 +238,9 @@ unsigned long find_next_zero_bit_le(const void *addr, unsigned
 	return result + ffz(ext2_swab(tmp));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_next_zero_bit_le);
+#endif
 
+#ifndef find_next_bit_le
 unsigned long find_next_bit_le(const void *addr, unsigned
 		long size, unsigned long offset)
 {
@@ -274,6 +285,7 @@ unsigned long find_next_bit_le(const void *addr, unsigned
 	return result + __ffs(ext2_swab(tmp));
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(find_next_bit_le);
+#endif
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_BIT_LE */
 #endif /* __BIG_ENDIAN */