diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h
index a564084c6141..f8b1ad2c3828 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_X86_PGTABLE_3LEVEL_H
 #define _ASM_X86_PGTABLE_3LEVEL_H
 
+#include <asm/atomic64_32.h>
+
 /*
  * Intel Physical Address Extension (PAE) Mode - three-level page
  * tables on PPro+ CPUs.
@@ -150,10 +152,7 @@ static inline pte_t native_ptep_get_and_clear(pte_t *ptep)
 {
 	pte_t res;
 
-	/* xchg acts as a barrier before the setting of the high bits */
-	res.pte_low = xchg(&ptep->pte_low, 0);
-	res.pte_high = ptep->pte_high;
-	ptep->pte_high = 0;
+	res.pte = (pteval_t)arch_atomic64_xchg((atomic64_t *)ptep, 0);
 
 	return res;
 }