diff --git a/tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/atomic.h b/tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/atomic.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4bccd7c3d5d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/atomic.h
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#ifndef _TOOLS_LINUX_ASM_GENERIC_BITOPS_ATOMIC_H_
+#define _TOOLS_LINUX_ASM_GENERIC_BITOPS_ATOMIC_H_
+
+#include <asm/types.h>
+
+static inline void set_bit(int nr, unsigned long *addr)
+{
+	addr[nr / __BITS_PER_LONG] |= 1UL << (nr % __BITS_PER_LONG);
+}
+
+static inline void clear_bit(int nr, unsigned long *addr)
+{
+	addr[nr / __BITS_PER_LONG] &= ~(1UL << (nr % __BITS_PER_LONG));
+}
+
+static __always_inline int test_bit(unsigned int nr, const unsigned long *addr)
+{
+	return ((1UL << (nr % __BITS_PER_LONG)) &
+		(((unsigned long *)addr)[nr / __BITS_PER_LONG])) != 0;
+}
+
+#endif /* _TOOLS_LINUX_ASM_GENERIC_BITOPS_ATOMIC_H_ */
diff --git a/tools/perf/MANIFEST b/tools/perf/MANIFEST
index db7827fd2518..67d48e20f7e1 100644
--- a/tools/perf/MANIFEST
+++ b/tools/perf/MANIFEST
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ tools/lib/api
 tools/lib/symbol/kallsyms.c
 tools/lib/symbol/kallsyms.h
 tools/include/asm/bug.h
+tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/atomic.h
 tools/include/asm-generic/bitops/__ffs.h
 tools/include/linux/compiler.h
 tools/include/linux/export.h
diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
index ec2be6404893..604349dcafef 100644
--- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
+++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ LIB_H += ../include/linux/hash.h
 LIB_H += ../../include/linux/stringify.h
 LIB_H += util/include/linux/bitmap.h
 LIB_H += util/include/linux/bitops.h
+LIB_H += ../include/asm-generic/bitops/atomic.h
 LIB_H += ../include/asm-generic/bitops/__ffs.h
 LIB_H += ../include/linux/compiler.h
 LIB_H += ../include/linux/log2.h
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/bitops.h b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/bitops.h
index 762bb83333c0..71f017dc6230 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/include/linux/bitops.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/include/linux/bitops.h
@@ -29,21 +29,7 @@
 	     (bit) < (size);					\
 	     (bit) = find_next_bit((addr), (size), (bit) + 1))
 
-static inline void set_bit(int nr, unsigned long *addr)
-{
-	addr[nr / BITS_PER_LONG] |= 1UL << (nr % BITS_PER_LONG);
-}
-
-static inline void clear_bit(int nr, unsigned long *addr)
-{
-	addr[nr / BITS_PER_LONG] &= ~(1UL << (nr % BITS_PER_LONG));
-}
-
-static __always_inline int test_bit(unsigned int nr, const unsigned long *addr)
-{
-	return ((1UL << (nr % BITS_PER_LONG)) &
-		(((unsigned long *)addr)[nr / BITS_PER_LONG])) != 0;
-}
+#include <asm-generic/bitops/atomic.h>
 
 static inline unsigned long hweight_long(unsigned long w)
 {