ice_set_bit(i, dst);
 }
 
+/**
+ * ice_bitmap_hweight - hamming weight of bitmap
+ * @bm: bitmap pointer
+ * @size: size of bitmap (in bits)
+ *
+ * This function determines the number of set bits in a bitmap.
+ * Note that this function assumes it is operating on a bitmap declared using
+ * ice_declare_bitmap.
+ */
+static inline int
+ice_bitmap_hweight(ice_bitmap_t *bm, u16 size)
+{
+       int count = 0;
+       u16 bit = 0;
+
+       while (size > (bit = ice_find_next_bit(bm, size, bit))) {
+               count++;
+               bit++;
+       }
+
+       return count;
+}
+
 /**
  * ice_cmp_bitmaps - compares two bitmaps.
  * @bmp1: the bitmap to compare
 
        ice_declare_bitmap(possible_idx, ICE_MAX_FV_WORDS);
        ice_declare_bitmap(recipes, ICE_MAX_NUM_RECIPES);
        ice_declare_bitmap(used_idx, ICE_MAX_FV_WORDS);
-       u16 count = 0;
        u16 bit;
 
        ice_zero_bitmap(possible_idx, ICE_MAX_FV_WORDS);
        ice_xor_bitmap(free_idx, used_idx, possible_idx, ICE_MAX_FV_WORDS);
 
        /* return number of free indexes */
-       count = 0;
-       bit = 0;
-       while (ICE_MAX_FV_WORDS >
-              (bit = ice_find_next_bit(free_idx, ICE_MAX_FV_WORDS, bit))) {
-               count++;
-               bit++;
-       }
-
-       return count;
+       return (u16)ice_bitmap_hweight(free_idx, ICE_MAX_FV_WORDS);
 }
 
 /**