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diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
index 69bbb4845020..0f4460b5636d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/barrier.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
#if defined(CONFIG_X86_PPRO_FENCE)
/*
- * For either of these options x86 doesn't have a strong TSO memory
+ * For this option x86 doesn't have a strong TSO memory
* model and we should fall back to full barriers.
*/
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ do { \
#endif
+/* Atomic operations are already serializing on x86 */
+#define smp_mb__before_atomic() barrier()
+#define smp_mb__after_atomic() barrier()
+
/*
* Stop RDTSC speculation. This is needed when you need to use RDTSC
* (or get_cycles or vread that possibly accesses the TSC) in a defined