diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/atomic.h
index f62251e82ffa..3bb7ffeae3bc 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <asm/barrier.h>
+#include <asm/cmpxchg.h>
 
 /*
  * Atomic operations that C can't guarantee us.  Useful for
@@ -168,73 +169,6 @@ static __inline__ long atomic64_sub_return(long i, atomic64_t * v)
 	return result;
 }
 
-/*
- * Atomic exchange routines.
- */
-
-#define __ASM__MB
-#define ____xchg(type, args...)		__xchg ## type ## _local(args)
-#define ____cmpxchg(type, args...)	__cmpxchg ## type ## _local(args)
-#include <asm/xchg.h>
-
-#define xchg_local(ptr,x)						\
-  ({									\
-     __typeof__(*(ptr)) _x_ = (x);					\
-     (__typeof__(*(ptr))) __xchg_local((ptr), (unsigned long)_x_,	\
-				       sizeof(*(ptr)));			\
-  })
-
-#define cmpxchg_local(ptr, o, n)					\
-  ({									\
-     __typeof__(*(ptr)) _o_ = (o);					\
-     __typeof__(*(ptr)) _n_ = (n);					\
-     (__typeof__(*(ptr))) __cmpxchg_local((ptr), (unsigned long)_o_,	\
-					  (unsigned long)_n_,		\
-					  sizeof(*(ptr)));		\
-  })
-
-#define cmpxchg64_local(ptr, o, n)					\
-  ({									\
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(*(ptr)) != 8);				\
-	cmpxchg_local((ptr), (o), (n));					\
-  })
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-#undef __ASM__MB
-#define __ASM__MB	"\tmb\n"
-#endif
-#undef ____xchg
-#undef ____cmpxchg
-#define ____xchg(type, args...)		__xchg ##type(args)
-#define ____cmpxchg(type, args...)	__cmpxchg ##type(args)
-#include <asm/xchg.h>
-
-#define xchg(ptr,x)							\
-  ({									\
-     __typeof__(*(ptr)) _x_ = (x);					\
-     (__typeof__(*(ptr))) __xchg((ptr), (unsigned long)_x_,		\
-				 sizeof(*(ptr)));			\
-  })
-
-#define cmpxchg(ptr, o, n)						\
-  ({									\
-     __typeof__(*(ptr)) _o_ = (o);					\
-     __typeof__(*(ptr)) _n_ = (n);					\
-     (__typeof__(*(ptr))) __cmpxchg((ptr), (unsigned long)_o_,		\
-				    (unsigned long)_n_,	sizeof(*(ptr)));\
-  })
-
-#define cmpxchg64(ptr, o, n)						\
-  ({									\
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(*(ptr)) != 8);				\
-	cmpxchg((ptr), (o), (n));					\
-  })
-
-#undef __ASM__MB
-#undef ____cmpxchg
-
-#define __HAVE_ARCH_CMPXCHG 1
-
 #define atomic64_cmpxchg(v, old, new) (cmpxchg(&((v)->counter), old, new))
 #define atomic64_xchg(v, new) (xchg(&((v)->counter), new))
 
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..429e8cd0d78e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#ifndef _ALPHA_CMPXCHG_H
+#define _ALPHA_CMPXCHG_H
+
+/*
+ * Atomic exchange routines.
+ */
+
+#define __ASM__MB
+#define ____xchg(type, args...)		__xchg ## type ## _local(args)
+#define ____cmpxchg(type, args...)	__cmpxchg ## type ## _local(args)
+#include <asm/xchg.h>
+
+#define xchg_local(ptr, x)						\
+({									\
+	__typeof__(*(ptr)) _x_ = (x);					\
+	(__typeof__(*(ptr))) __xchg_local((ptr), (unsigned long)_x_,	\
+				       sizeof(*(ptr)));			\
+})
+
+#define cmpxchg_local(ptr, o, n)					\
+({									\
+	__typeof__(*(ptr)) _o_ = (o);					\
+	__typeof__(*(ptr)) _n_ = (n);					\
+	(__typeof__(*(ptr))) __cmpxchg_local((ptr), (unsigned long)_o_,	\
+					  (unsigned long)_n_,		\
+					  sizeof(*(ptr)));		\
+})
+
+#define cmpxchg64_local(ptr, o, n)					\
+({									\
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(*(ptr)) != 8);				\
+	cmpxchg_local((ptr), (o), (n));					\
+})
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+#undef __ASM__MB
+#define __ASM__MB	"\tmb\n"
+#endif
+#undef ____xchg
+#undef ____cmpxchg
+#define ____xchg(type, args...)		__xchg ##type(args)
+#define ____cmpxchg(type, args...)	__cmpxchg ##type(args)
+#include <asm/xchg.h>
+
+#define xchg(ptr, x)							\
+({									\
+	__typeof__(*(ptr)) _x_ = (x);					\
+	(__typeof__(*(ptr))) __xchg((ptr), (unsigned long)_x_,		\
+				 sizeof(*(ptr)));			\
+})
+
+#define cmpxchg(ptr, o, n)						\
+({									\
+	__typeof__(*(ptr)) _o_ = (o);					\
+	__typeof__(*(ptr)) _n_ = (n);					\
+	(__typeof__(*(ptr))) __cmpxchg((ptr), (unsigned long)_o_,	\
+				    (unsigned long)_n_,	sizeof(*(ptr)));\
+})
+
+#define cmpxchg64(ptr, o, n)						\
+({									\
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(*(ptr)) != 8);				\
+	cmpxchg((ptr), (o), (n));					\
+})
+
+#undef __ASM__MB
+#undef ____cmpxchg
+
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_CMPXCHG 1
+
+#endif /* _ALPHA_CMPXCHG_H */
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/xchg.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/xchg.h
index 1d1b436fbff2..0ca9724597c1 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/xchg.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/xchg.h
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-#ifndef _ALPHA_ATOMIC_H
+#ifndef _ALPHA_CMPXCHG_H
 #error Do not include xchg.h directly!
 #else
 /*
  * xchg/xchg_local and cmpxchg/cmpxchg_local share the same code
  * except that local version do not have the expensive memory barrier.
- * So this file is included twice from asm/system.h.
+ * So this file is included twice from asm/cmpxchg.h.
  */
 
 /*