diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/amd_nb.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/amd_nb.h
index 00c88a01301dc2978cc39828e9589761e235d5a2..da181ad1d5f8c36cd226b7ca080ea859a2b52f83 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/amd_nb.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/amd_nb.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/ioport.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 
 struct amd_nb_bus_dev_range {
 	u8 bus;
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ struct threshold_bank {
 	struct threshold_block	*blocks;
 
 	/* initialized to the number of CPUs on the node sharing this bank */
-	atomic_t		cpus;
+	refcount_t		cpus;
 };
 
 struct amd_northbridge {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_amd.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_amd.c
index 6e4a047e4b684b0feeeeba851b850c9baebb552f..41439ab4110264e715f9f17df223216a84c8915d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_amd.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mcheck/mce_amd.c
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ static int threshold_create_bank(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int bank)
 				goto out;
 
 			per_cpu(threshold_banks, cpu)[bank] = b;
-			atomic_inc(&b->cpus);
+			refcount_inc(&b->cpus);
 
 			err = __threshold_add_blocks(b);
 
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ static int threshold_create_bank(unsigned int cpu, unsigned int bank)
 	per_cpu(threshold_banks, cpu)[bank] = b;
 
 	if (is_shared_bank(bank)) {
-		atomic_set(&b->cpus, 1);
+		refcount_set(&b->cpus, 1);
 
 		/* nb is already initialized, see above */
 		if (nb) {
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@ static void threshold_remove_bank(unsigned int cpu, int bank)
 		goto free_out;
 
 	if (is_shared_bank(bank)) {
-		if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&b->cpus)) {
+		if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&b->cpus)) {
 			__threshold_remove_blocks(b);
 			per_cpu(threshold_banks, cpu)[bank] = NULL;
 			return;