diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/atomic.h
index e2a4c26ad377..02e41b53488d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_add_return(int a, atomic_t *v)
 	int t;
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
 "1:	lwarx	%0,0,%2		# atomic_add_return\n\
 	add	%0,%1,%0\n"
 	PPC405_ERR77(0,%2)
 "	stwcx.	%0,0,%2 \n\
 	bne-	1b"
-	PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
 	: "=&r" (t)
 	: "r" (a), "r" (&v->counter)
 	: "cc", "memory");
@@ -85,13 +85,13 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_sub_return(int a, atomic_t *v)
 	int t;
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
 "1:	lwarx	%0,0,%2		# atomic_sub_return\n\
 	subf	%0,%1,%0\n"
 	PPC405_ERR77(0,%2)
 "	stwcx.	%0,0,%2 \n\
 	bne-	1b"
-	PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
 	: "=&r" (t)
 	: "r" (a), "r" (&v->counter)
 	: "cc", "memory");
@@ -119,13 +119,13 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_inc_return(atomic_t *v)
 	int t;
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
 "1:	lwarx	%0,0,%1		# atomic_inc_return\n\
 	addic	%0,%0,1\n"
 	PPC405_ERR77(0,%1)
 "	stwcx.	%0,0,%1 \n\
 	bne-	1b"
-	PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
 	: "=&r" (t)
 	: "r" (&v->counter)
 	: "cc", "xer", "memory");
@@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_dec_return(atomic_t *v)
 	int t;
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
 "1:	lwarx	%0,0,%1		# atomic_dec_return\n\
 	addic	%0,%0,-1\n"
 	PPC405_ERR77(0,%1)
 "	stwcx.	%0,0,%1\n\
 	bne-	1b"
-	PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
 	: "=&r" (t)
 	: "r" (&v->counter)
 	: "cc", "xer", "memory");
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static __inline__ int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 	int t;
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__ (
-	PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
 "1:	lwarx	%0,0,%1		# __atomic_add_unless\n\
 	cmpw	0,%0,%3 \n\
 	beq-	2f \n\
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static __inline__ int __atomic_add_unless(atomic_t *v, int a, int u)
 	PPC405_ERR77(0,%2)
 "	stwcx.	%0,0,%1 \n\
 	bne-	1b \n"
-	PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
 "	subf	%0,%2,%0 \n\
 2:"
 	: "=&r" (t)
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_dec_if_positive(atomic_t *v)
 	int t;
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
 "1:	lwarx	%0,0,%1		# atomic_dec_if_positive\n\
 	cmpwi	%0,1\n\
 	addi	%0,%0,-1\n\
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ static __inline__ int atomic_dec_if_positive(atomic_t *v)
 	PPC405_ERR77(0,%1)
 "	stwcx.	%0,0,%1\n\
 	bne-	1b"
-	PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
 	"\n\
 2:"	: "=&b" (t)
 	: "r" (&v->counter)
@@ -285,12 +285,12 @@ static __inline__ long atomic64_add_return(long a, atomic64_t *v)
 	long t;
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
 "1:	ldarx	%0,0,%2		# atomic64_add_return\n\
 	add	%0,%1,%0\n\
 	stdcx.	%0,0,%2 \n\
 	bne-	1b"
-	PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
 	: "=&r" (t)
 	: "r" (a), "r" (&v->counter)
 	: "cc", "memory");
@@ -319,12 +319,12 @@ static __inline__ long atomic64_sub_return(long a, atomic64_t *v)
 	long t;
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
 "1:	ldarx	%0,0,%2		# atomic64_sub_return\n\
 	subf	%0,%1,%0\n\
 	stdcx.	%0,0,%2 \n\
 	bne-	1b"
-	PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
 	: "=&r" (t)
 	: "r" (a), "r" (&v->counter)
 	: "cc", "memory");
@@ -351,12 +351,12 @@ static __inline__ long atomic64_inc_return(atomic64_t *v)
 	long t;
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
 "1:	ldarx	%0,0,%1		# atomic64_inc_return\n\
 	addic	%0,%0,1\n\
 	stdcx.	%0,0,%1 \n\
 	bne-	1b"
-	PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
 	: "=&r" (t)
 	: "r" (&v->counter)
 	: "cc", "xer", "memory");
@@ -393,12 +393,12 @@ static __inline__ long atomic64_dec_return(atomic64_t *v)
 	long t;
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
 "1:	ldarx	%0,0,%1		# atomic64_dec_return\n\
 	addic	%0,%0,-1\n\
 	stdcx.	%0,0,%1\n\
 	bne-	1b"
-	PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
 	: "=&r" (t)
 	: "r" (&v->counter)
 	: "cc", "xer", "memory");
@@ -418,13 +418,13 @@ static __inline__ long atomic64_dec_if_positive(atomic64_t *v)
 	long t;
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__(
-	PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
 "1:	ldarx	%0,0,%1		# atomic64_dec_if_positive\n\
 	addic.	%0,%0,-1\n\
 	blt-	2f\n\
 	stdcx.	%0,0,%1\n\
 	bne-	1b"
-	PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
 	"\n\
 2:"	: "=&r" (t)
 	: "r" (&v->counter)
@@ -450,14 +450,14 @@ static __inline__ int atomic64_add_unless(atomic64_t *v, long a, long u)
 	long t;
 
 	__asm__ __volatile__ (
-	PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
 "1:	ldarx	%0,0,%1		# __atomic_add_unless\n\
 	cmpd	0,%0,%3 \n\
 	beq-	2f \n\
 	add	%0,%2,%0 \n"
 "	stdcx.	%0,0,%1 \n\
 	bne-	1b \n"
-	PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
+	PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
 "	subf	%0,%2,%0 \n\
 2:"
 	: "=&r" (t)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bitops.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bitops.h
index e137afcc10fa..efdc92618b38 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bitops.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/bitops.h
@@ -124,14 +124,14 @@ static __inline__ unsigned long fn(			\
 	return (old & mask);				\
 }
 
-DEFINE_TESTOP(test_and_set_bits, or, PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER,
-	      PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER, 0)
+DEFINE_TESTOP(test_and_set_bits, or, PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER,
+	      PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER, 0)
 DEFINE_TESTOP(test_and_set_bits_lock, or, "",
 	      PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER, 1)
-DEFINE_TESTOP(test_and_clear_bits, andc, PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER,
-	      PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER, 0)
-DEFINE_TESTOP(test_and_change_bits, xor, PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER,
-	      PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER, 0)
+DEFINE_TESTOP(test_and_clear_bits, andc, PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER,
+	      PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER, 0)
+DEFINE_TESTOP(test_and_change_bits, xor, PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER,
+	      PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER, 0)
 
 static __inline__ int test_and_set_bit(unsigned long nr,
 				       volatile unsigned long *addr)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/futex.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/futex.h
index c94e4a3fe2ef..2a9cf845473b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/futex.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/futex.h
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@
 
 #define __futex_atomic_op(insn, ret, oldval, uaddr, oparg) \
   __asm__ __volatile ( \
-	PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER \
+	PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER \
 "1:	lwarx	%0,0,%2\n" \
 	insn \
 	PPC405_ERR77(0, %2) \
 "2:	stwcx.	%1,0,%2\n" \
 	"bne-	1b\n" \
+	PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER \
 	"li	%1,0\n" \
 "3:	.section .fixup,\"ax\"\n" \
 "4:	li	%1,%3\n" \
@@ -92,14 +93,14 @@ futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(u32 *uval, u32 __user *uaddr,
 		return -EFAULT;
 
         __asm__ __volatile__ (
-        PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
+        PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
 "1:     lwarx   %1,0,%3         # futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic\n\
         cmpw    0,%1,%4\n\
         bne-    3f\n"
         PPC405_ERR77(0,%3)
 "2:     stwcx.  %5,0,%3\n\
         bne-    1b\n"
-        PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
+        PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
 "3:	.section .fixup,\"ax\"\n\
 4:	li	%0,%6\n\
 	b	3b\n\
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/synch.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/synch.h
index 87878c68d1c2..e682a7143edb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/synch.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/synch.h
@@ -42,11 +42,15 @@ static inline void isync(void)
 	START_LWSYNC_SECTION(97);			\
 	isync;						\
 	MAKE_LWSYNC_SECTION_ENTRY(97, __lwsync_fixup);
-#define PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER	"\n" stringify_in_c(__PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER)
-#define PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER	stringify_in_c(LWSYNC) "\n"
+#define PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER	 "\n" stringify_in_c(__PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER)
+#define PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER	 stringify_in_c(LWSYNC) "\n"
+#define PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER "\n" stringify_in_c(LWSYNC) "\n"
+#define PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER	 "\n" stringify_in_c(sync) "\n"
 #else
 #define PPC_ACQUIRE_BARRIER
 #define PPC_RELEASE_BARRIER
+#define PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
+#define PPC_ATOMIC_EXIT_BARRIER
 #endif
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */