diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index ff6a7a6..07d06a8 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
 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-$(CONFIG_CHECK_SIGNATURE) += check_signature.o
 obj-$(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 9a5c1f2..43273a7 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 @@
 #endif
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sw_hweight32);
+#endif
 
 unsigned int __sw_hweight16(unsigned int w)
 {
@@ -43,6 +45,7 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sw_hweight8);
 
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_SW_HWEIGHT
 unsigned long __sw_hweight64(__u64 w)
 {
 #if BITS_PER_LONG == 32
@@ -65,3 +68,4 @@
 #endif
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__sw_hweight64);
+#endif