diff --git a/include/asm-generic/atomic.h b/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
index 1ced6413ea03..33bd2de3bc1e 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/atomic.h
@@ -136,12 +136,6 @@ static inline void atomic_dec(atomic_t *v)
 #define atomic_xchg(ptr, v)		(xchg(&(ptr)->counter, (v)))
 #define atomic_cmpxchg(v, old, new)	(cmpxchg(&((v)->counter), (old), (new)))
 
-#define cmpxchg_local(ptr, o, n)				  	       \
-	((__typeof__(*(ptr)))__cmpxchg_local_generic((ptr), (unsigned long)(o),\
-			(unsigned long)(n), sizeof(*(ptr))))
-
-#define cmpxchg64_local(ptr, o, n) __cmpxchg64_local_generic((ptr), (o), (n))
-
 static inline int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 {
   int c, old;
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/cmpxchg.h b/include/asm-generic/cmpxchg.h
index 14883026015d..811fb1e9b061 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/cmpxchg.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/cmpxchg.h
@@ -92,6 +92,16 @@ unsigned long __xchg(unsigned long x, volatile void *ptr, int size)
  */
 #include <asm-generic/cmpxchg-local.h>
 
+#ifndef cmpxchg_local
+#define cmpxchg_local(ptr, o, n)				  	       \
+	((__typeof__(*(ptr)))__cmpxchg_local_generic((ptr), (unsigned long)(o),\
+			(unsigned long)(n), sizeof(*(ptr))))
+#endif
+
+#ifndef cmpxchg64_local
+#define cmpxchg64_local(ptr, o, n) __cmpxchg64_local_generic((ptr), (o), (n))
+#endif
+
 #define cmpxchg(ptr, o, n)	cmpxchg_local((ptr), (o), (n))
 #define cmpxchg64(ptr, o, n)	cmpxchg64_local((ptr), (o), (n))