diff --git a/include/asm-cris/system.h b/include/asm-cris/system.h
index fea0e8d57cb5..5bcfe5a10907 100644
--- a/include/asm-cris/system.h
+++ b/include/asm-cris/system.h
@@ -66,6 +66,21 @@ static inline unsigned long __xchg(unsigned long x, volatile void * ptr, int siz
   return x;
 }
 
+#include <asm-generic/cmpxchg-local.h>
+
+/*
+ * cmpxchg_local and cmpxchg64_local are atomic wrt current CPU. Always make
+ * them available.
+ */
+#define cmpxchg_local(ptr, o, n)				 	       \
+	((__typeof__(*(ptr)))__cmpxchg_local_generic((ptr), (unsigned long)(o),\
+			(unsigned long)(n), sizeof(*(ptr))))
+#define cmpxchg64_local(ptr, o, n) __cmpxchg64_local_generic((ptr), (o), (n))
+
+#ifndef CONFIG_SMP
+#include <asm-generic/cmpxchg.h>
+#endif
+
 #define arch_align_stack(x) (x)
 
 void default_idle(void);