diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h
index 97f6d60297d5..9a87823642d0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ void cpu_idle_wait(void);
 #include <asm-generic/cmpxchg-local.h>
 
 #if __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ < 6
+/* min ARCH < ARMv6 */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 #error "SMP is not supported on this platform"
@@ -365,7 +366,7 @@ void cpu_idle_wait(void);
 #include <asm-generic/cmpxchg.h>
 #endif
 
-#else	/* __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ >= 6 */
+#else	/* min ARCH >= ARMv6 */
 
 extern void __bad_cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, int size);
 
@@ -379,7 +380,7 @@ static inline unsigned long __cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old,
 	unsigned long oldval, res;
 
 	switch (size) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_32v6K
+#ifndef CONFIG_CPU_V6	/* min ARCH >= ARMv6K */
 	case 1:
 		do {
 			asm volatile("@ __cmpxchg1\n"
@@ -404,7 +405,7 @@ static inline unsigned long __cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old,
 				: "memory", "cc");
 		} while (res);
 		break;
-#endif /* CONFIG_CPU_32v6K */
+#endif
 	case 4:
 		do {
 			asm volatile("@ __cmpxchg4\n"
@@ -450,12 +451,12 @@ static inline unsigned long __cmpxchg_local(volatile void *ptr,
 	unsigned long ret;
 
 	switch (size) {
-#ifndef CONFIG_CPU_32v6K
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_V6	/* min ARCH == ARMv6 */
 	case 1:
 	case 2:
 		ret = __cmpxchg_local_generic(ptr, old, new, size);
 		break;
-#endif	/* !CONFIG_CPU_32v6K */
+#endif
 	default:
 		ret = __cmpxchg(ptr, old, new, size);
 	}
@@ -469,7 +470,7 @@ static inline unsigned long __cmpxchg_local(volatile void *ptr,
 				       (unsigned long)(n),		\
 				       sizeof(*(ptr))))
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_32v6K
+#ifndef CONFIG_CPU_V6	/* min ARCH >= ARMv6K */
 
 /*
  * Note : ARMv7-M (currently unsupported by Linux) does not support
@@ -524,11 +525,11 @@ static inline unsigned long long __cmpxchg64_mb(volatile void *ptr,
 					 (unsigned long long)(o),	\
 					 (unsigned long long)(n)))
 
-#else	/* !CONFIG_CPU_32v6K */
+#else /* min ARCH = ARMv6 */
 
 #define cmpxchg64_local(ptr, o, n) __cmpxchg64_local_generic((ptr), (o), (n))
 
-#endif	/* CONFIG_CPU_32v6K */
+#endif
 
 #endif	/* __LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ >= 6 */