diff --git a/arch/sparc/lib/bitext.c b/arch/sparc/lib/bitext.c
index 764b3eb7b604..48d00e72ce15 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/lib/bitext.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/lib/bitext.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/string.h>
-#include <linux/bitops.h>
+#include <linux/bitmap.h>
 
 #include <asm/bitext.h>
 
@@ -80,8 +80,7 @@ int bit_map_string_get(struct bit_map *t, int len, int align)
 		while (test_bit(offset + i, t->map) == 0) {
 			i++;
 			if (i == len) {
-				for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
-					__set_bit(offset + i, t->map);
+				bitmap_set(t->map, offset, len);
 				if (offset == t->first_free)
 					t->first_free = find_next_zero_bit
 							(t->map, t->size,