diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
index 39f668d5066b..333a6695a918 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-clang.h
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 #error "Please don't include <linux/compiler-clang.h> directly, include <linux/compiler.h> instead."
 #endif
 
-/* Some compiler specific definitions are overwritten here
- * for Clang compiler
- */
+/* Compiler specific definitions for Clang compiler */
+
 #define uninitialized_var(x) x = *(&(x))
 
 /* same as gcc, this was present in clang-2.6 so we can assume it works
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
index 5776da43da97..7b834e37d0c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc.h
@@ -58,10 +58,6 @@
 	(typeof(ptr)) (__ptr + (off));					\
 })
 
-/* Make the optimizer believe the variable can be manipulated arbitrarily. */
-#define OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR(var)						\
-	__asm__ ("" : "=r" (var) : "0" (var))
-
 /*
  * A trick to suppress uninitialized variable warning without generating any
  * code
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-intel.h b/include/linux/compiler-intel.h
index 517bd14e1222..b17f3cd18334 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-intel.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-intel.h
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@
 
 #ifdef __ECC
 
-/* Some compiler specific definitions are overwritten here
- * for Intel ECC compiler
- */
+/* Compiler specific definitions for Intel ECC compiler */
 
 #include <asm/intrinsics.h>
 
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler.h b/include/linux/compiler.h
index fc5004a4b07d..445348facea9 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler.h
@@ -161,7 +161,9 @@ void ftrace_likely_update(struct ftrace_likely_data *f, int val,
 #endif
 
 #ifndef OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR
-#define OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR(var) barrier()
+/* Make the optimizer believe the variable can be manipulated arbitrarily. */
+#define OPTIMIZER_HIDE_VAR(var)						\
+	__asm__ ("" : "=r" (var) : "0" (var))
 #endif
 
 /* Not-quite-unique ID. */