diff --git a/tools/include/asm-generic/bitsperlong.h b/tools/include/asm-generic/bitsperlong.h
index 8f2283052333..2093d56ddd11 100644
--- a/tools/include/asm-generic/bitsperlong.h
+++ b/tools/include/asm-generic/bitsperlong.h
@@ -18,4 +18,7 @@
 #define BITS_PER_LONG_LONG 64
 #endif
 
+#define small_const_nbits(nbits) \
+	(__builtin_constant_p(nbits) && (nbits) <= BITS_PER_LONG && (nbits) > 0)
+
 #endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_BITS_PER_LONG */
diff --git a/tools/include/linux/bitmap.h b/tools/include/linux/bitmap.h
index 4aabc23ec747..330dbf7509cc 100644
--- a/tools/include/linux/bitmap.h
+++ b/tools/include/linux/bitmap.h
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ void bitmap_clear(unsigned long *map, unsigned int start, int len);
 #define BITMAP_FIRST_WORD_MASK(start) (~0UL << ((start) & (BITS_PER_LONG - 1)))
 #define BITMAP_LAST_WORD_MASK(nbits) (~0UL >> (-(nbits) & (BITS_PER_LONG - 1)))
 
-#define small_const_nbits(nbits) \
-	(__builtin_constant_p(nbits) && (nbits) <= BITS_PER_LONG)
-
 static inline void bitmap_zero(unsigned long *dst, unsigned int nbits)
 {
 	if (small_const_nbits(nbits))