diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 0a7b885964baccd540f2c9e600dce014398bd987..729d41d9ced389cb218feec8d02eb6feee6aae78 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -294,11 +294,6 @@ config X86_32_LAZY_GS
 	def_bool y
 	depends on X86_32 && !CC_STACKPROTECTOR
 
-config ARCH_HWEIGHT_CFLAGS
-	string
-	default "-fcall-saved-ecx -fcall-saved-edx" if X86_32
-	default "-fcall-saved-rdi -fcall-saved-rsi -fcall-saved-rdx -fcall-saved-rcx -fcall-saved-r8 -fcall-saved-r9 -fcall-saved-r10 -fcall-saved-r11" if X86_64
-
 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
 	def_bool y
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/arch_hweight.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/arch_hweight.h
index 02e799fa43d1b19c878290f6424e1b2f7293074d..e7cd63175de443f68aa536237a82a92120ca08f3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/arch_hweight.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/arch_hweight.h
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #include <asm/cpufeatures.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
-/* popcnt %edi, %eax -- redundant REX prefix for alignment */
-#define POPCNT32 ".byte 0xf3,0x40,0x0f,0xb8,0xc7"
+/* popcnt %edi, %eax */
+#define POPCNT32 ".byte 0xf3,0x0f,0xb8,0xc7"
 /* popcnt %rdi, %rax */
 #define POPCNT64 ".byte 0xf3,0x48,0x0f,0xb8,0xc7"
 #define REG_IN "D"
@@ -17,19 +17,15 @@
 #define REG_OUT "a"
 #endif
 
-/*
- * __sw_hweightXX are called from within the alternatives below
- * and callee-clobbered registers need to be taken care of. See
- * ARCH_HWEIGHT_CFLAGS in <arch/x86/Kconfig> for the respective
- * compiler switches.
- */
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_SW_HWEIGHT
+
 static __always_inline unsigned int __arch_hweight32(unsigned int w)
 {
-	unsigned int res = 0;
+	unsigned int res;
 
 	asm (ALTERNATIVE("call __sw_hweight32", POPCNT32, X86_FEATURE_POPCNT)
-		     : "="REG_OUT (res)
-		     : REG_IN (w));
+			 : "="REG_OUT (res)
+			 : REG_IN (w));
 
 	return res;
 }
@@ -53,11 +49,11 @@ static inline unsigned long __arch_hweight64(__u64 w)
 #else
 static __always_inline unsigned long __arch_hweight64(__u64 w)
 {
-	unsigned long res = 0;
+	unsigned long res;
 
 	asm (ALTERNATIVE("call __sw_hweight64", POPCNT64, X86_FEATURE_POPCNT)
-		     : "="REG_OUT (res)
-		     : REG_IN (w));
+			 : "="REG_OUT (res)
+			 : REG_IN (w));
 
 	return res;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/i386_ksyms_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/i386_ksyms_32.c
index 64341aa485ae1ad6ab62c07984c9a70dadd44c64..d40ee8a38fed3568d39410d75101111251ace73a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/i386_ksyms_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/i386_ksyms_32.c
@@ -42,3 +42,5 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(___preempt_schedule);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(___preempt_schedule_notrace);
 #endif
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sw_hweight32);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/x8664_ksyms_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/x8664_ksyms_64.c
index cd05942bc9189452d8ec7c0cebd96431cf8dd394..f1aebfb49c36688b9287a9f444a223750c3170b8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/x8664_ksyms_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/x8664_ksyms_64.c
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(clear_page);
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(csum_partial);
 
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sw_hweight32);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sw_hweight64);
+
 /*
  * Export string functions. We normally rely on gcc builtin for most of these,
  * but gcc sometimes decides not to inline them.
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/Makefile b/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
index 72a576752a7ec062f92e433362306e7a6b4648de..ec969cc3eb20e9c03c24b90130cbe78c5969e9a4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ lib-y += memcpy_$(BITS).o
 lib-$(CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM) += rwsem.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_INSTRUCTION_DECODER) += insn.o inat.o
 
-obj-y += msr.o msr-reg.o msr-reg-export.o
+obj-y += msr.o msr-reg.o msr-reg-export.o hweight.o
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_32),y)
         obj-y += atomic64_32.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/hweight.S b/arch/x86/lib/hweight.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..02de3d74d2c5bb319d48503371f451672d66dc80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/hweight.S
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+#include <linux/linkage.h>
+
+#include <asm/asm.h>
+
+/*
+ * unsigned int __sw_hweight32(unsigned int w)
+ * %rdi: w
+ */
+ENTRY(__sw_hweight32)
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+	movl %edi, %eax				# w
+#endif
+	__ASM_SIZE(push,) %__ASM_REG(dx)
+	movl %eax, %edx				# w -> t
+	shrl %edx				# t >>= 1
+	andl $0x55555555, %edx			# t &= 0x55555555
+	subl %edx, %eax				# w -= t
+
+	movl %eax, %edx				# w -> t
+	shrl $2, %eax				# w_tmp >>= 2
+	andl $0x33333333, %edx			# t	&= 0x33333333
+	andl $0x33333333, %eax			# w_tmp &= 0x33333333
+	addl %edx, %eax				# w = w_tmp + t
+
+	movl %eax, %edx				# w -> t
+	shrl $4, %edx				# t >>= 4
+	addl %edx, %eax				# w_tmp += t
+	andl  $0x0f0f0f0f, %eax			# w_tmp &= 0x0f0f0f0f
+	imull $0x01010101, %eax, %eax		# w_tmp *= 0x01010101
+	shrl $24, %eax				# w = w_tmp >> 24
+	__ASM_SIZE(pop,) %__ASM_REG(dx)
+	ret
+ENDPROC(__sw_hweight32)
+
+ENTRY(__sw_hweight64)
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+	pushq   %rdx
+
+	movq    %rdi, %rdx                      # w -> t
+	movabsq $0x5555555555555555, %rax
+	shrq    %rdx                            # t >>= 1
+	andq    %rdx, %rax                      # t &= 0x5555555555555555
+	movabsq $0x3333333333333333, %rdx
+	subq    %rax, %rdi                      # w -= t
+
+	movq    %rdi, %rax                      # w -> t
+	shrq    $2, %rdi                        # w_tmp >>= 2
+	andq    %rdx, %rax                      # t     &= 0x3333333333333333
+	andq    %rdi, %rdx                      # w_tmp &= 0x3333333333333333
+	addq    %rdx, %rax                      # w = w_tmp + t
+
+	movq    %rax, %rdx                      # w -> t
+	shrq    $4, %rdx                        # t >>= 4
+	addq    %rdx, %rax                      # w_tmp += t
+	movabsq $0x0f0f0f0f0f0f0f0f, %rdx
+	andq    %rdx, %rax                      # w_tmp &= 0x0f0f0f0f0f0f0f0f
+	movabsq $0x0101010101010101, %rdx
+	imulq   %rdx, %rax                      # w_tmp *= 0x0101010101010101
+	shrq    $56, %rax                       # w = w_tmp >> 56
+
+	popq    %rdx
+	ret
+#else /* CONFIG_X86_32 */
+	/* We're getting an u64 arg in (%eax,%edx): unsigned long hweight64(__u64 w) */
+	pushl   %ecx
+
+	call    __sw_hweight32
+	movl    %eax, %ecx                      # stash away result
+	movl    %edx, %eax                      # second part of input
+	call    __sw_hweight32
+	addl    %ecx, %eax                      # result
+
+	popl    %ecx
+	ret
+#endif
+ENDPROC(__sw_hweight64)
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index ff6a7a6c63951f080a655df67f7ad0524a03201a..07d06a8b9788c5390f32b39ed165a08e502d673d 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT_rbtree.o := n
 KCOV_INSTRUMENT_list_debug.o := n
 KCOV_INSTRUMENT_debugobjects.o := n
 KCOV_INSTRUMENT_dynamic_debug.o := n
-# Kernel does not boot if we instrument this file as it uses custom calling
-# convention (see CONFIG_ARCH_HWEIGHT_CFLAGS).
-KCOV_INSTRUMENT_hweight.o := n
 
 lib-y := ctype.o string.o vsprintf.o cmdline.o \
 	 rbtree.o radix-tree.o dump_stack.o timerqueue.o\
@@ -74,8 +71,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM) += iomap_copy.o devres.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CHECK_SIGNATURE) += check_signature.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCKING_API_SELFTESTS) += locking-selftest.o
 
-GCOV_PROFILE_hweight.o := n
-CFLAGS_hweight.o = $(subst $(quote),,$(CONFIG_ARCH_HWEIGHT_CFLAGS))
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_HWEIGHT) += hweight.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_BTREE) += btree.o
diff --git a/lib/hweight.c b/lib/hweight.c
index 9a5c1f2215585f35a8eea43eedd2566a6f459231..43273a7d83cf41621221354bc0d1b5680027780e 100644
--- a/lib/hweight.c
+++ b/lib/hweight.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  * The Hamming Weight of a number is the total number of bits set in it.
  */
 
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_SW_HWEIGHT
 unsigned int __sw_hweight32(unsigned int w)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ unsigned int __sw_hweight32(unsigned int w)
 #endif
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sw_hweight32);
+#endif
 
 unsigned int __sw_hweight16(unsigned int w)
 {
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@ unsigned int __sw_hweight8(unsigned int w)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sw_hweight8);
 
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_SW_HWEIGHT
 unsigned long __sw_hweight64(__u64 w)
 {
 #if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
@@ -65,3 +68,4 @@ unsigned long __sw_hweight64(__u64 w)
 #endif
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sw_hweight64);
+#endif