diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 019dc558df1a53402f791f1047dceeb2dfbd6c55..e0bc4ffb8e7f0ec42a916219ab02f43a112609d1 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -393,8 +393,8 @@ struct inodes_stat_t {
 #include <linux/semaphore.h>
 #include <linux/fiemap.h>
 #include <linux/rculist_bl.h>
-#include <linux/shrinker.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/shrinker.h>
 
 #include <asm/byteorder.h>
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 3dc3a8c2c4858a1d3400aa2d5fd029d36a1177c6..4baadd18f4ad3402f47fbd2ac919bafba519bed4 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/mmzone.h>
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
 #include <linux/prio_tree.h>
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/debug_locks.h>
 #include <linux/mm_types.h>
 #include <linux/range.h>
diff --git a/include/linux/shrinker.h b/include/linux/shrinker.h
index a83833a1f7a26f589a7584252ff413333286f5ea..07ceb97d53facc505bae4b489d3cae96bd7d4021 100644
--- a/include/linux/shrinker.h
+++ b/include/linux/shrinker.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ struct shrinker {
 
 	/* These are for internal use */
 	struct list_head list;
-	long nr;	/* objs pending delete */
+	atomic_long_t nr_in_batch; /* objs pending delete */
 };
 #define DEFAULT_SEEKS 2 /* A good number if you don't know better. */
 extern void register_shrinker(struct shrinker *);
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index f5255442ae2bddfc39c8cecc53a93f64b816d8f8..f54a05b7a61d9eb658562b191996beb9d4cea397 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ static unsigned long zone_nr_lru_pages(struct zone *zone,
  */
 void register_shrinker(struct shrinker *shrinker)
 {
-	shrinker->nr = 0;
+	atomic_long_set(&shrinker->nr_in_batch, 0);
 	down_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
 	list_add_tail(&shrinker->list, &shrinker_list);
 	up_write(&shrinker_rwsem);
@@ -264,9 +264,7 @@ unsigned long shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrink,
 		 * and zero it so that other concurrent shrinker invocations
 		 * don't also do this scanning work.
 		 */
-		do {
-			nr = shrinker->nr;
-		} while (cmpxchg(&shrinker->nr, nr, 0) != nr);
+		nr = atomic_long_xchg(&shrinker->nr_in_batch, 0);
 
 		total_scan = nr;
 		delta = (4 * nr_pages_scanned) / shrinker->seeks;
@@ -328,12 +326,11 @@ unsigned long shrink_slab(struct shrink_control *shrink,
 		 * manner that handles concurrent updates. If we exhausted the
 		 * scan, there is no need to do an update.
 		 */
-		do {
-			nr = shrinker->nr;
-			new_nr = total_scan + nr;
-			if (total_scan <= 0)
-				break;
-		} while (cmpxchg(&shrinker->nr, nr, new_nr) != nr);
+		if (total_scan > 0)
+			new_nr = atomic_long_add_return(total_scan,
+					&shrinker->nr_in_batch);
+		else
+			new_nr = atomic_long_read(&shrinker->nr_in_batch);
 
 		trace_mm_shrink_slab_end(shrinker, shrink_ret, nr, new_nr);
 	}