diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/smp.c b/arch/i386/kernel/smp.c
index f98c3ffd6fc3..89a45a9ddcd4 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/smp.c
@@ -375,17 +375,7 @@ void native_flush_tlb_others(const cpumask_t *cpumaskp, struct mm_struct *mm,
 	
 	flush_mm = mm;
 	flush_va = va;
-#if NR_CPUS <= BITS_PER_LONG
-	atomic_set_mask(cpumask, &flush_cpumask);
-#else
-	{
-		int k;
-		unsigned long *flush_mask = (unsigned long *)&flush_cpumask;
-		unsigned long *cpu_mask = (unsigned long *)&cpumask;
-		for (k = 0; k < BITS_TO_LONGS(NR_CPUS); ++k)
-			atomic_set_mask(cpu_mask[k], &flush_mask[k]);
-	}
-#endif
+	cpus_or(flush_cpumask, cpumask, flush_cpumask);
 	/*
 	 * We have to send the IPI only to
 	 * CPUs affected.