diff --git a/dict/dict0dict.c b/dict/dict0dict.c
index 79bf54653ea..a9f254c2df6 100644
--- a/dict/dict0dict.c
+++ b/dict/dict0dict.c
@@ -3716,7 +3716,7 @@ dict_index_calc_min_rec_len(
 		}
 
 		/* round the NULL flags up to full bytes */
-		sum += (nullable + 7) / 8;
+		sum += UT_BITS_IN_BYTES(nullable);
 
 		return(sum);
 	}
diff --git a/fsp/fsp0fsp.c b/fsp/fsp0fsp.c
index 9088623d492..78fb55e4ef3 100644
--- a/fsp/fsp0fsp.c
+++ b/fsp/fsp0fsp.c
@@ -205,10 +205,9 @@ the extent are free and which contain old tuple version to clean. */
 					space */
 #define	XDES_FSEG		4	/* extent belongs to a segment */
 
-/* File extent data structure size in bytes. The "+ 7 ) / 8" part in the
-definition rounds the number of bytes upward. */
+/* File extent data structure size in bytes. */
 #define	XDES_SIZE							\
-	(XDES_BITMAP + (FSP_EXTENT_SIZE * XDES_BITS_PER_PAGE + 7) / 8)
+	(XDES_BITMAP + UT_BITS_IN_BYTES(FSP_EXTENT_SIZE * XDES_BITS_PER_PAGE))
 
 /* Offset of the descriptor array on a descriptor page */
 #define	XDES_ARR_OFFSET		(FSP_HEADER_OFFSET + FSP_HEADER_SIZE)
diff --git a/ibuf/ibuf0ibuf.c b/ibuf/ibuf0ibuf.c
index 937cad0698c..e32a0bd97cb 100644
--- a/ibuf/ibuf0ibuf.c
+++ b/ibuf/ibuf0ibuf.c
@@ -565,7 +565,8 @@ ibuf_bitmap_page_init(
 
 	bit_offset = XDES_DESCRIBED_PER_PAGE * IBUF_BITS_PER_PAGE;
 
-	byte_offset = bit_offset / 8 + 1; /* better: (bit_offset + 7) / 8 */
+	byte_offset = bit_offset / 8 + 1;
+	/* better: byte_offset = UT_BITS_IN_BYTES(bit_offset); */
 
 	fil_page_set_type(page, FIL_PAGE_IBUF_BITMAP);
 
diff --git a/include/ut0ut.h b/include/ut0ut.h
index 8bfc1edd323..825c10d5f11 100644
--- a/include/ut0ut.h
+++ b/include/ut0ut.h
@@ -121,6 +121,11 @@ ut_2_power_up(
 			/* out: first power of 2 which is >= n */
 	ulint	n)	/* in: number != 0 */
 	__attribute__((const));
+
+/* Determine how many bytes (groups of 8 bits) are needed to
+store the given number of bits. */
+#define UT_BITS_IN_BYTES(b) (((b) + 7) / 8)
+
 /****************************************************************
 Sort function for ulint arrays. */
 
diff --git a/rem/rem0rec.c b/rem/rem0rec.c
index 549b5ee8b28..aa572a787d0 100644
--- a/rem/rem0rec.c
+++ b/rem/rem0rec.c
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ rec_init_offsets(
 		}
 
 		nulls = rec - (REC_N_NEW_EXTRA_BYTES + 1);
-		lens = nulls - (index->n_nullable + 7) / 8;
+		lens = nulls - UT_BITS_IN_BYTES(index->n_nullable);
 		offs = 0;
 		null_mask = 1;
 
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ rec_get_converted_size_new(
 	dtuple_t*	dtuple)	/* in: data tuple */
 {
 	ulint		size		= REC_N_NEW_EXTRA_BYTES
-		+ (index->n_nullable + 7) / 8;
+		+ UT_BITS_IN_BYTES(index->n_nullable);
 	ulint		i;
 	ulint		n_fields;
 	ut_ad(index && dtuple);
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ rec_set_nth_field_extern_bit_new(
 				we do not write to log about the change */
 {
 	byte*		nulls	= rec - (REC_N_NEW_EXTRA_BYTES + 1);
-	byte*		lens	= nulls - (index->n_nullable + 7) / 8;
+	byte*		lens	= nulls - UT_BITS_IN_BYTES(index->n_nullable);
 	ulint		i;
 	ulint		n_fields;
 	ulint		null_mask	= 1;
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ rec_convert_dtuple_to_rec_new(
 
 	/* Calculate the offset of the origin in the physical record.
 	We must loop over all fields to do this. */
-	rec += (index->n_nullable + 7) / 8;
+	rec += UT_BITS_IN_BYTES(index->n_nullable);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < n_fields; i++) {
 		if (UNIV_UNLIKELY(i == n_node_ptr_field)) {
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ rec_convert_dtuple_to_rec_new(
 init:
 	end = rec;
 	nulls = rec - (REC_N_NEW_EXTRA_BYTES + 1);
-	lens = nulls - (index->n_nullable + 7) / 8;
+	lens = nulls - UT_BITS_IN_BYTES(index->n_nullable);
 	/* clear the SQL-null flags */
 	memset (lens + 1, 0, nulls - lens);
 
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ rec_copy_prefix_to_buf(
 	}
 
 	nulls = rec - (REC_N_NEW_EXTRA_BYTES + 1);
-	lens = nulls - (index->n_nullable + 7) / 8;
+	lens = nulls - UT_BITS_IN_BYTES(index->n_nullable);
 	UNIV_PREFETCH_R(lens);
 	prefix_len = 0;
 	null_mask = 1;