diff --git a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
index f200a4ec044e..d3db28f2f811 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ config XTENSA
 	select ARCH_HAS_DMA_SET_UNCACHED if MMU
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRNCPY_FROM_USER if !KASAN
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRNLEN_USER
+	select ARCH_NEED_CMPXCHG_1_EMU
 	select ARCH_USE_MEMTEST
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_RWLOCKS
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
index 675a11ea8de7..95e33a913962 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/bits.h>
 #include <linux/stringify.h>
+#include <linux/cmpxchg-emu.h>
 
 /*
  * cmpxchg
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ 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);
 	default: __cmpxchg_called_with_bad_pointer();
 		 return old;