diff --git a/drivers/android/binder.c b/drivers/android/binder.c
index 0c2161b1f057..f54e5c0c7d04 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder.c
@@ -1046,13 +1046,13 @@ static struct binder_ref *binder_get_ref_olocked(struct binder_proc *proc,
 }
 
 /* Find the smallest unused descriptor the "slow way" */
-static u32 slow_desc_lookup_olocked(struct binder_proc *proc)
+static u32 slow_desc_lookup_olocked(struct binder_proc *proc, u32 offset)
 {
 	struct binder_ref *ref;
 	struct rb_node *n;
 	u32 desc;
 
-	desc = 1;
+	desc = offset;
 	for (n = rb_first(&proc->refs_by_desc); n; n = rb_next(n)) {
 		ref = rb_entry(n, struct binder_ref, rb_node_desc);
 		if (ref->data.desc > desc)
@@ -1073,21 +1073,18 @@ static int get_ref_desc_olocked(struct binder_proc *proc,
 				u32 *desc)
 {
 	struct dbitmap *dmap = &proc->dmap;
+	unsigned int nbits, offset;
 	unsigned long *new, bit;
-	unsigned int nbits;
 
 	/* 0 is reserved for the context manager */
-	if (node == proc->context->binder_context_mgr_node) {
-		*desc = 0;
-		return 0;
-	}
+	offset = (node == proc->context->binder_context_mgr_node) ? 0 : 1;
 
 	if (!dbitmap_enabled(dmap)) {
-		*desc = slow_desc_lookup_olocked(proc);
+		*desc = slow_desc_lookup_olocked(proc, offset);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (dbitmap_acquire_first_zero_bit(dmap, &bit) == 0) {
+	if (dbitmap_acquire_next_zero_bit(dmap, offset, &bit) == 0) {
 		*desc = bit;
 		return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/android/dbitmap.h b/drivers/android/dbitmap.h
index b8ac7b4764fd..1d58c2e7abd6 100644
--- a/drivers/android/dbitmap.h
+++ b/drivers/android/dbitmap.h
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
  *
  * Used by the binder driver to optimize the allocation of the smallest
  * available descriptor ID. Each bit in the bitmap represents the state
- * of an ID, with the exception of BIT(0) which is used exclusively to
- * reference binder's context manager.
+ * of an ID.
  *
  * A dbitmap can grow or shrink as needed. This part has been designed
  * considering that users might need to briefly release their locks in
@@ -132,16 +131,17 @@ dbitmap_grow(struct dbitmap *dmap, unsigned long *new, unsigned int nbits)
 }
 
 /*
- * Finds and sets the first zero bit in the bitmap. Upon success @bit
+ * Finds and sets the next zero bit in the bitmap. Upon success @bit
  * is populated with the index and 0 is returned. Otherwise, -ENOSPC
  * is returned to indicate that a dbitmap_grow() is needed.
  */
 static inline int
-dbitmap_acquire_first_zero_bit(struct dbitmap *dmap, unsigned long *bit)
+dbitmap_acquire_next_zero_bit(struct dbitmap *dmap, unsigned long offset,
+			      unsigned long *bit)
 {
 	unsigned long n;
 
-	n = find_first_zero_bit(dmap->map, dmap->nbits);
+	n = find_next_zero_bit(dmap->map, dmap->nbits, offset);
 	if (n == dmap->nbits)
 		return -ENOSPC;
 
@@ -154,9 +154,7 @@ dbitmap_acquire_first_zero_bit(struct dbitmap *dmap, unsigned long *bit)
 static inline void
 dbitmap_clear_bit(struct dbitmap *dmap, unsigned long bit)
 {
-	/* BIT(0) should always set for the context manager */
-	if (bit)
-		clear_bit(bit, dmap->map);
+	clear_bit(bit, dmap->map);
 }
 
 static inline int dbitmap_init(struct dbitmap *dmap)
@@ -168,8 +166,6 @@ static inline int dbitmap_init(struct dbitmap *dmap)
 	}
 
 	dmap->nbits = NBITS_MIN;
-	/* BIT(0) is reserved for the context manager */
-	set_bit(0, dmap->map);
 
 	return 0;
 }