diff --git a/Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt b/Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt
index 093cdaefdb37..d8b101c97031 100644
--- a/Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt
+++ b/Documentation/atomic_bitops.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Like with atomic_t, the rule of thumb is:
  - RMW operations that have a return value are fully ordered.
 
  - RMW operations that are conditional are unordered on FAILURE,
-   otherwise the above rules apply. In the case of test_and_{}_bit() operations,
+   otherwise the above rules apply. In the case of test_and_set_bit_lock(),
    if the bit in memory is unchanged by the operation then it is deemed to have
    failed.
 
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/bitops/atomic.h b/include/asm-generic/bitops/atomic.h
index 3096f086b5a3..71ab4ba9c25d 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/bitops/atomic.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/bitops/atomic.h
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ arch_test_and_set_bit(unsigned int nr, volatile unsigned long *p)
 	unsigned long mask = BIT_MASK(nr);
 
 	p += BIT_WORD(nr);
-	if (READ_ONCE(*p) & mask)
-		return 1;
-
 	old = arch_atomic_long_fetch_or(mask, (atomic_long_t *)p);
 	return !!(old & mask);
 }
@@ -53,9 +50,6 @@ arch_test_and_clear_bit(unsigned int nr, volatile unsigned long *p)
 	unsigned long mask = BIT_MASK(nr);
 
 	p += BIT_WORD(nr);
-	if (!(READ_ONCE(*p) & mask))
-		return 0;
-
 	old = arch_atomic_long_fetch_andnot(mask, (atomic_long_t *)p);
 	return !!(old & mask);
 }