diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
index 23ec2c5e3b78..98b53d48968f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/slice.c
@@ -388,21 +388,17 @@ static unsigned long slice_find_area(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long len,
 
 static inline void slice_or_mask(struct slice_mask *dst, struct slice_mask *src)
 {
-	DECLARE_BITMAP(result, SLICE_NUM_HIGH);
-
 	dst->low_slices |= src->low_slices;
-	bitmap_or(result, dst->high_slices, src->high_slices, SLICE_NUM_HIGH);
-	bitmap_copy(dst->high_slices, result, SLICE_NUM_HIGH);
+	bitmap_or(dst->high_slices, dst->high_slices, src->high_slices,
+		  SLICE_NUM_HIGH);
 }
 
 static inline void slice_andnot_mask(struct slice_mask *dst, struct slice_mask *src)
 {
-	DECLARE_BITMAP(result, SLICE_NUM_HIGH);
-
 	dst->low_slices &= ~src->low_slices;
 
-	bitmap_andnot(result, dst->high_slices, src->high_slices, SLICE_NUM_HIGH);
-	bitmap_copy(dst->high_slices, result, SLICE_NUM_HIGH);
+	bitmap_andnot(dst->high_slices, dst->high_slices, src->high_slices,
+		      SLICE_NUM_HIGH);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_64K_PAGES