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diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/sync.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/sync.h
index 7c6a1095f556..aabd097933fe 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/sync.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/sync.h
@@ -155,9 +155,11 @@
* effective barrier as noted by commit 6b07d38aaa52 ("MIPS: Octeon: Use
* optimized memory barrier primitives."). Here we specify that the affected
* sync instructions should be emitted twice.
+ * Note that this expression is evaluated by the assembler (not the compiler),
+ * and that the assembler evaluates '==' as 0 or -1, not 0 or 1.
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_CAVIUM_OCTEON
-# define __SYNC_rpt(type) (1 + (type == __SYNC_wmb))
+# define __SYNC_rpt(type) (1 - (type == __SYNC_wmb))
#else
# define __SYNC_rpt(type) 1
#endif