diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h b/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
index d5c89e0dd0e6725c614b491c78b5bfafe9cc46f4..51ce60c35f4c69a6df45d1e104d56d5e47798a78 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
@@ -133,7 +133,13 @@ static inline bool __ref_is_percpu(struct percpu_ref *ref,
 	/* paired with smp_store_release() in percpu_ref_reinit() */
 	smp_read_barrier_depends();
 
-	if (unlikely(percpu_ptr & __PERCPU_REF_ATOMIC))
+	/*
+	 * Theoretically, the following could test just ATOMIC; however,
+	 * then we'd have to mask off DEAD separately as DEAD may be
+	 * visible without ATOMIC if we race with percpu_ref_kill().  DEAD
+	 * implies ATOMIC anyway.  Test them together.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(percpu_ptr & __PERCPU_REF_ATOMIC_DEAD))
 		return false;
 
 	*percpu_countp = (unsigned long __percpu *)percpu_ptr;