diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
index a82c2bf504b6..76bfa2cf301d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock.h
@@ -88,14 +88,14 @@ static inline int __ticket_spin_is_locked(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 {
 	struct __raw_tickets tmp = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets);
 
-	return !!(tmp.tail ^ tmp.head);
+	return tmp.tail != tmp.head;
 }
 
 static inline int __ticket_spin_is_contended(arch_spinlock_t *lock)
 {
 	struct __raw_tickets tmp = ACCESS_ONCE(lock->tickets);
 
-	return ((tmp.tail - tmp.head) & TICKET_MASK) > 1;
+	return (__ticket_t)(tmp.tail - tmp.head) > 1;
 }
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h
index 8ebd5df7451e..ad0ad07fc006 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/spinlock_types.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ typedef u32 __ticketpair_t;
 #endif
 
 #define TICKET_SHIFT	(sizeof(__ticket_t) * 8)
-#define TICKET_MASK	((__ticket_t)((1 << TICKET_SHIFT) - 1))
 
 typedef struct arch_spinlock {
 	union {