diff --git a/include/asm-avr32/atomic.h b/include/asm-avr32/atomic.h
index c40b603..b9c2548 100644
--- a/include/asm-avr32/atomic.h
+++ b/include/asm-avr32/atomic.h
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 }
 
 #define atomic_xchg(v, new)	(xchg(&((v)->counter), new))
-#define atomic_cmpxchg(v, o, n)	((int)cmpxchg(&((v)->counter), (o), (n)))
+#define atomic_cmpxchg(v, o, n)	(cmpxchg(&((v)->counter), (o), (n)))
 
 #define atomic_sub(i, v)	(void)atomic_sub_return(i, v)
 #define atomic_add(i, v)	(void)atomic_add_return(i, v)