diff --git a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
index 751646adc7692d605727472775f0d2d6d6fa9f22..90ff430f5e9d04b1899ccadbc888f6f1376921b4 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_tunnels.h
@@ -477,12 +477,12 @@ static inline struct ip_tunnel_info *lwt_tun_info(struct lwtunnel_state *lwtstat
 	return (struct ip_tunnel_info *)lwtstate->data;
 }
 
-extern struct static_key ip_tunnel_metadata_cnt;
+DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(ip_tunnel_metadata_cnt);
 
 /* Returns > 0 if metadata should be collected */
 static inline int ip_tunnel_collect_metadata(void)
 {
-	return static_key_false(&ip_tunnel_metadata_cnt);
+	return static_branch_unlikely(&ip_tunnel_metadata_cnt);
 }
 
 void __init ip_tunnel_core_init(void);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
index 2f39479be92f4602c8cb3f95ca8bc3ca56469f25..dde671e978298b5b0239f975fe134b232db9049b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
@@ -423,17 +423,17 @@ void __init ip_tunnel_core_init(void)
 	lwtunnel_encap_add_ops(&ip6_tun_lwt_ops, LWTUNNEL_ENCAP_IP6);
 }
 
-struct static_key ip_tunnel_metadata_cnt = STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE;
+DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(ip_tunnel_metadata_cnt);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip_tunnel_metadata_cnt);
 
 void ip_tunnel_need_metadata(void)
 {
-	static_key_slow_inc(&ip_tunnel_metadata_cnt);
+	static_branch_inc(&ip_tunnel_metadata_cnt);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ip_tunnel_need_metadata);
 
 void ip_tunnel_unneed_metadata(void)
 {
-	static_key_slow_dec(&ip_tunnel_metadata_cnt);
+	static_branch_dec(&ip_tunnel_metadata_cnt);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ip_tunnel_unneed_metadata);