diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/bitops.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/bitops.h
index f33efeb..2750d9b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/bitops.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/bitops.h
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 	tmp = *p;
 
 found_first:
-	tmp |= ~0UL >> size;
+	tmp |= ~0UL << size;
 found_middle:
 	return result + ffz(tmp);
 }