diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/atomic.h
index 03e494f695d1..83f03ca6caf6 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -190,11 +190,6 @@ static inline void atomic_clear_mask(unsigned long mask, unsigned long *addr)
 
 #endif /* !CONFIG_ARC_HAS_LLSC */
 
-#define smp_mb__before_atomic_dec()	barrier()
-#define smp_mb__after_atomic_dec()	barrier()
-#define smp_mb__before_atomic_inc()	barrier()
-#define smp_mb__after_atomic_inc()	barrier()
-
 /**
  * __atomic_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
  * @v: pointer of type atomic_t
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/bitops.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/bitops.h
index 647a83a8e756..ebc0cf3164dc 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/bitops.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/bitops.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <asm/barrier.h>
 
 /*
  * Hardware assisted read-modify-write using ARC700 LLOCK/SCOND insns.
@@ -496,10 +497,6 @@ static inline __attribute__ ((const)) int __ffs(unsigned long word)
  */
 #define ffz(x)	__ffs(~(x))
 
-/* TODO does this affect uni-processor code */
-#define smp_mb__before_clear_bit()  barrier()
-#define smp_mb__after_clear_bit()   barrier()
-
 #include <asm-generic/bitops/hweight.h>
 #include <asm-generic/bitops/fls64.h>
 #include <asm-generic/bitops/sched.h>