diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/local.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/local.h
index 0fcaad6..88eb398 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/local.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/local.h
@@ -65,28 +65,27 @@ static __inline__ bool local_try_cmpxchg(local_t *l, long *old, long new)
 #define local_xchg(l, n) (xchg_local(&((l)->a.counter), (n)))
 
 /**
- * local_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
+ * local_add_unless - add unless the number is already a given value
  * @l: pointer of type local_t
  * @a: the amount to add to l...
  * @u: ...unless l is equal to u.
  *
- * Atomically adds @a to @l, so long as it was not @u.
- * Returns non-zero if @l was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ * Atomically adds @a to @l, if @v was not already @u.
+ * Returns true if the addition was done.
  */
-#define local_add_unless(l, a, u)				\
-({								\
-	long c, old;						\
-	c = local_read(l);					\
-	for (;;) {						\
-		if (unlikely(c == (u)))				\
-			break;					\
-		old = local_cmpxchg((l), c, c + (a));	\
-		if (likely(old == c))				\
-			break;					\
-		c = old;					\
-	}							\
-	c != (u);						\
-})
+static __inline__ bool
+local_add_unless(local_t *l, long a, long u)
+{
+	long c = local_read(l);
+
+	do {
+		if (unlikely(c == u))
+			return false;
+	} while (!local_try_cmpxchg(l, &c, c + a));
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 #define local_inc_not_zero(l) local_add_unless((l), 1, 0)
 
 #define local_add_negative(a, l) (local_add_return((a), (l)) < 0)
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/local.h b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/local.h
index c496758..f53ea65 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/include/asm/local.h
+++ b/arch/loongarch/include/asm/local.h
@@ -70,22 +70,27 @@ static inline bool local_try_cmpxchg(local_t *l, long *old, long new)
 #define local_xchg(l, n) (atomic_long_xchg((&(l)->a), (n)))
 
 /**
- * local_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
+ * local_add_unless - add unless the number is already a given value
  * @l: pointer of type local_t
  * @a: the amount to add to l...
  * @u: ...unless l is equal to u.
  *
- * Atomically adds @a to @l, so long as it was not @u.
- * Returns non-zero if @l was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ * Atomically adds @a to @l, if @v was not already @u.
+ * Returns true if the addition was done.
  */
-#define local_add_unless(l, a, u)				\
-({								\
-	long c, old;						\
-	c = local_read(l);					\
-	while (c != (u) && (old = local_cmpxchg((l), c, c + (a))) != c) \
-		c = old;					\
-	c != (u);						\
-})
+static inline bool
+local_add_unless(local_t *l, long a, long u)
+{
+	long c = local_read(l);
+
+	do {
+		if (unlikely(c == u))
+			return false;
+	} while (!local_try_cmpxchg(l, &c, c + a));
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 #define local_inc_not_zero(l) local_add_unless((l), 1, 0)
 
 #define local_dec_return(l) local_sub_return(1, (l))
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/local.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/local.h
index e6ae3df..86fc240 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/local.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/local.h
@@ -108,22 +108,27 @@ static __inline__ bool local_try_cmpxchg(local_t *l, long *old, long new)
 #define local_xchg(l, n) (atomic_long_xchg((&(l)->a), (n)))
 
 /**
- * local_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
+ * local_add_unless - add unless the number is already a given value
  * @l: pointer of type local_t
  * @a: the amount to add to l...
  * @u: ...unless l is equal to u.
  *
- * Atomically adds @a to @l, so long as it was not @u.
- * Returns non-zero if @l was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ * Atomically adds @a to @l, if @v was not already @u.
+ * Returns true if the addition was done.
  */
-#define local_add_unless(l, a, u)				\
-({								\
-	long c, old;						\
-	c = local_read(l);					\
-	while (c != (u) && (old = local_cmpxchg((l), c, c + (a))) != c) \
-		c = old;					\
-	c != (u);						\
-})
+static __inline__ bool
+local_add_unless(local_t *l, long a, long u)
+{
+	long c = local_read(l);
+
+	do {
+		if (unlikely(c == u))
+			return false;
+	} while (!local_try_cmpxchg(l, &c, c + a));
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 #define local_inc_not_zero(l) local_add_unless((l), 1, 0)
 
 #define local_dec_return(l) local_sub_return(1, (l))
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/local.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/local.h
index 45492fb..ec6ced6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/local.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/local.h
@@ -115,23 +115,23 @@ static __inline__ long local_xchg(local_t *l, long n)
 }
 
 /**
- * local_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
+ * local_add_unless - add unless the number is already a given value
  * @l: pointer of type local_t
  * @a: the amount to add to v...
  * @u: ...unless v is equal to u.
  *
- * Atomically adds @a to @l, so long as it was not @u.
- * Returns non-zero if @l was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ * Atomically adds @a to @l, if @v was not already @u.
+ * Returns true if the addition was done.
  */
-static __inline__ int local_add_unless(local_t *l, long a, long u)
+static __inline__ bool local_add_unless(local_t *l, long a, long u)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int ret = 0;
+	bool ret = false;
 
 	powerpc_local_irq_pmu_save(flags);
 	if (l->v != u) {
 		l->v += a;
-		ret = 1;
+		ret = true;
 	}
 	powerpc_local_irq_pmu_restore(flags);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/local.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/local.h
index 635132a..73dba8b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/local.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/local.h
@@ -135,28 +135,27 @@ static inline bool local_try_cmpxchg(local_t *l, long *old, long new)
 #define local_xchg(l, n) (xchg(&((l)->a.counter), (n)))
 
 /**
- * local_add_unless - add unless the number is a given value
+ * local_add_unless - add unless the number is already a given value
  * @l: pointer of type local_t
  * @a: the amount to add to l...
  * @u: ...unless l is equal to u.
  *
- * Atomically adds @a to @l, so long as it was not @u.
- * Returns non-zero if @l was not @u, and zero otherwise.
+ * Atomically adds @a to @l, if @v was not already @u.
+ * Returns true if the addition was done.
  */
-#define local_add_unless(l, a, u)				\
-({								\
-	long c, old;						\
-	c = local_read((l));					\
-	for (;;) {						\
-		if (unlikely(c == (u)))				\
-			break;					\
-		old = local_cmpxchg((l), c, c + (a));		\
-		if (likely(old == c))				\
-			break;					\
-		c = old;					\
-	}							\
-	c != (u);						\
-})
+static __always_inline bool
+local_add_unless(local_t *l, long a, long u)
+{
+	long c = local_read(l);
+
+	do {
+		if (unlikely(c == u))
+			return false;
+	} while (!local_try_cmpxchg(l, &c, c + a));
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 #define local_inc_not_zero(l) local_add_unless((l), 1, 0)
 
 /* On x86_32, these are no better than the atomic variants.
