diff --git a/lib/find_bit.c b/lib/find_bit.c
index 18072ea9c20e..6ed74f78380c 100644
--- a/lib/find_bit.c
+++ b/lib/find_bit.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ static unsigned long _find_next_bit(const unsigned long *addr,
 {
 	unsigned long tmp;
 
-	if (!nbits || start >= nbits)
+	if (unlikely(start >= nbits))
 		return nbits;
 
 	tmp = addr[start / BITS_PER_LONG] ^ invert;
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static unsigned long _find_next_bit_le(const unsigned long *addr,
 {
 	unsigned long tmp;
 
-	if (!nbits || start >= nbits)
+	if (unlikely(start >= nbits))
 		return nbits;
 
 	tmp = addr[start / BITS_PER_LONG] ^ invert;
diff --git a/tools/lib/find_bit.c b/tools/lib/find_bit.c
index 6d8b8f22cf55..42c15f906aac 100644
--- a/tools/lib/find_bit.c
+++ b/tools/lib/find_bit.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static unsigned long _find_next_bit(const unsigned long *addr,
 {
 	unsigned long tmp;
 
-	if (!nbits || start >= nbits)
+	if (unlikely(start >= nbits))
 		return nbits;
 
 	tmp = addr[start / BITS_PER_LONG] ^ invert;