diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h
index bab79a110c7b..7c63ec5d4fa9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/barrier.h
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 
-#ifdef __SUBARCH_HAS_LWSYNC
+/* The sub-arch has lwsync */
+#if defined(__powerpc64__) || defined(CONFIG_PPC_E500MC)
 #    define SMPWMB      LWSYNC
 #else
 #    define SMPWMB      eieio
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/synch.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/synch.h
index c50868681f9e..e8d6a842f4bb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/synch.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/synch.h
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 #include <linux/stringify.h>
 #include <asm/feature-fixups.h>
 
-#if defined(__powerpc64__) || defined(CONFIG_PPC_E500MC)
-#define __SUBARCH_HAS_LWSYNC
-#endif
-
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 extern unsigned int __start___lwsync_fixup, __stop___lwsync_fixup;
 extern void do_lwsync_fixups(unsigned long value, void *fixup_start,