diff --git a/arch/avr32/lib/findbit.S b/arch/avr32/lib/findbit.S
index 2b4856f..c6b91de 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/lib/findbit.S
+++ b/arch/avr32/lib/findbit.S
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@
 	/* offset is not word-aligned. Handle the first (32 - r10) bits */
 	ldswp.w	r8, r12[0]
 	sub	r12, -4
+	com	r8
 	lsr	r8, r8, r10
 	brne	.L_found
 
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@
 
 	/* Main loop. offset must be word-aligned */
 1:	ldswp.w	r8, r12[0]
-	cp.w	r8, 0
+	com	r8
 	brne	.L_found
 	sub	r12, -4
 	sub	r9, 32