diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
index 4a232600cedbad6a04e9551f9916424f1115bec2..17e748312afd5aeec9370bb0fee6cbabe1321296 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <linux/irq.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
 #include <linux/sched/task_stack.h>
+#include <linux/sched/mm.h>
 #include <asm/irq.h>
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init smp_callin(void)
 	struct mm_struct *mm = &init_mm;
 
 	/* All kernel threads share the same mm context.  */
-	atomic_inc(&mm->mm_count);
+	mmgrab(mm);
 	current->active_mm = mm;
 
 	trap_init();