diff --git a/arch/sh/Kconfig b/arch/sh/Kconfig
index 1aa3c4a0c5b2..e9103998cca9 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/Kconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ config SUPERH
 	select ARCH_HIBERNATION_POSSIBLE if MMU
 	select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
+	select ARCH_NEED_CMPXCHG_1_EMU
 	select CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS
 	select DMA_DECLARE_COHERENT
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
index 5d617b3ef78f..1e5dc5ccf7bf 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/cmpxchg-emu.h>
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_GUSA_RB)
 #include <asm/cmpxchg-grb.h>
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ static inline unsigned long __cmpxchg(volatile void * ptr, unsigned long old,
 		unsigned long new, int size)
 {
 	switch (size) {
+	case 1:
+		return cmpxchg_emu_u8(ptr, old, new);
 	case 4:
 		return __cmpxchg_u32(ptr, old, new);
 	}