diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
index cf5ee9b0b393..84ee232278a6 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ __cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old, unsigned long new_, int size)
 #endif
 	case 4: return __cmpxchg_u32((unsigned int *)ptr,
 				     (unsigned int)old, (unsigned int)new_);
-	case 1: return __cmpxchg_u8((u8 *)ptr, (u8)old, (u8)new_);
+	case 1: return __cmpxchg_u8((u8 *)ptr, old & 0xff, new_ & 0xff);
 	}
 	__cmpxchg_called_with_bad_pointer();
 	return old;