diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/sn/bte.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/sn/bte.h
index a0d214f43115..5efecf06c9a4 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/sn/bte.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/sn/bte.h
@@ -223,10 +223,11 @@ extern void bte_error_handler(unsigned long);
  * until the transfer is complete.  In order to get the asynch
  * version of bte_copy, you must perform this check yourself.
  */
-#define BTE_UNALIGNED_COPY(src, dest, len, mode)                        \
-	(((len & L1_CACHE_MASK) || (src & L1_CACHE_MASK) ||             \
-	  (dest & L1_CACHE_MASK)) ?                                     \
-	 bte_unaligned_copy(src, dest, len, mode) :              	\
+#define BTE_UNALIGNED_COPY(src, dest, len, mode)			\
+	(((len & (L1_CACHE_BYTES - 1)) ||				\
+	  (src & (L1_CACHE_BYTES - 1)) ||				\
+	  (dest & (L1_CACHE_BYTES - 1))) ?				\
+	 bte_unaligned_copy(src, dest, len, mode) :			\
 	 bte_copy(src, dest, len, mode, NULL))