diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/nmi.c
index b129611590a449f61de21fdcaa803eefbf7eb6fe..f30f4a1ead23d373afb51161f3303dfeae9fbe17 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/nmi.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(short, wd_enabled);
 static int endflag __initdata;
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned int, last_irq_sum);
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(local_t, alert_counter);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(long, alert_counter);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, nmi_touch);
 
 void touch_nmi_watchdog(void)
@@ -112,13 +112,13 @@ notrace __kprobes void perfctr_irq(int irq, struct pt_regs *regs)
 		touched = 1;
 	}
 	if (!touched && __get_cpu_var(last_irq_sum) == sum) {
-		local_inc(&__get_cpu_var(alert_counter));
-		if (local_read(&__get_cpu_var(alert_counter)) == 30 * nmi_hz)
+		__this_cpu_inc(per_cpu_var(alert_counter));
+		if (__this_cpu_read(per_cpu_var(alert_counter)) == 30 * nmi_hz)
 			die_nmi("BUG: NMI Watchdog detected LOCKUP",
 				regs, panic_on_timeout);
 	} else {
 		__get_cpu_var(last_irq_sum) = sum;
-		local_set(&__get_cpu_var(alert_counter), 0);
+		__this_cpu_write(per_cpu_var(alert_counter), 0);
 	}
 	if (__get_cpu_var(wd_enabled)) {
 		write_pic(picl_value(nmi_hz));
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c
index 7ff61d6a188ab2d1779270a6ff937c0a1a40b82a..e631cc4416f7872826a79d84078181b8917ce08b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/apic/nmi.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ void stop_apic_nmi_watchdog(void *unused)
  */
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned, last_irq_sum);
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(local_t, alert_counter);
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(long, alert_counter);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, nmi_touch);
 
 void touch_nmi_watchdog(void)
@@ -437,8 +437,8 @@ nmi_watchdog_tick(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned reason)
 		 * Ayiee, looks like this CPU is stuck ...
 		 * wait a few IRQs (5 seconds) before doing the oops ...
 		 */
-		local_inc(&__get_cpu_var(alert_counter));
-		if (local_read(&__get_cpu_var(alert_counter)) == 5 * nmi_hz)
+		__this_cpu_inc(per_cpu_var(alert_counter));
+		if (__this_cpu_read(per_cpu_var(alert_counter)) == 5 * nmi_hz)
 			/*
 			 * die_nmi will return ONLY if NOTIFY_STOP happens..
 			 */
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ nmi_watchdog_tick(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned reason)
 				regs, panic_on_timeout);
 	} else {
 		__get_cpu_var(last_irq_sum) = sum;
-		local_set(&__get_cpu_var(alert_counter), 0);
+		__this_cpu_write(per_cpu_var(alert_counter), 0);
 	}
 
 	/* see if the nmi watchdog went off */