diff --git a/src/go/token/position.go b/src/go/token/position.go
index a21f5fd056..bbcd8b022b 100644
--- a/src/go/token/position.go
+++ b/src/go/token/position.go
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ func searchInts(a []int, x int) int {
 	// TODO(gri): Remove this when compilers have caught up.
 	i, j := 0, len(a)
 	for i < j {
-		h := i + (j-i)/2 // avoid overflow when computing h
+		h := i + (j-i)>>1 // avoid overflow when computing h
 		// i ≤ h < j
 		if a[h] <= x {
 			i = h + 1
diff --git a/src/go/token/position_bench_test.go b/src/go/token/position_bench_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41be7285b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/go/token/position_bench_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package token
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func BenchmarkSearchInts(b *testing.B) {
+	data := make([]int, 10000)
+	for i := 0; i < 10000; i++ {
+		data[i] = i
+	}
+	const x = 8
+	if r := searchInts(data, x); r != x {
+		b.Errorf("got index = %d; want %d", r, x)
+	}
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		searchInts(data, x)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/reflect/type.go b/src/reflect/type.go
index d52816628f..eb2030063a 100644
--- a/src/reflect/type.go
+++ b/src/reflect/type.go
@@ -1723,7 +1723,7 @@ func typesByString(s string) []*rtype {
 		// This is a copy of sort.Search, with f(h) replaced by (*typ[h].String() >= s).
 		i, j := 0, len(offs)
 		for i < j {
-			h := i + (j-i)/2 // avoid overflow when computing h
+			h := i + (j-i)>>1 // avoid overflow when computing h
 			// i ≤ h < j
 			if !(rtypeOff(section, offs[h]).String() >= s) {
 				i = h + 1 // preserves f(i-1) == false
diff --git a/src/strconv/makeisprint.go b/src/strconv/makeisprint.go
index 79678341d4..909f9e4787 100644
--- a/src/strconv/makeisprint.go
+++ b/src/strconv/makeisprint.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ var (
 func bsearch16(a []uint16, x uint16) int {
 	i, j := 0, len(a)
 	for i < j {
-		h := i + (j-i)/2
+		h := i + (j-i)>>1
 		if a[h] < x {
 			i = h + 1
 		} else {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func bsearch16(a []uint16, x uint16) int {
 func bsearch32(a []uint32, x uint32) int {
 	i, j := 0, len(a)
 	for i < j {
-		h := i + (j-i)/2
+		h := i + (j-i)>>1
 		if a[h] < x {
 			i = h + 1
 		} else {
diff --git a/src/strconv/quote.go b/src/strconv/quote.go
index 4ffa10b72e..db0dbb288b 100644
--- a/src/strconv/quote.go
+++ b/src/strconv/quote.go
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ func Unquote(s string) (string, error) {
 func bsearch16(a []uint16, x uint16) int {
 	i, j := 0, len(a)
 	for i < j {
-		h := i + (j-i)/2
+		h := i + (j-i)>>1
 		if a[h] < x {
 			i = h + 1
 		} else {
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ func bsearch16(a []uint16, x uint16) int {
 func bsearch32(a []uint32, x uint32) int {
 	i, j := 0, len(a)
 	for i < j {
-		h := i + (j-i)/2
+		h := i + (j-i)>>1
 		if a[h] < x {
 			i = h + 1
 		} else {