diff --git a/include/net/calipso.h b/include/net/calipso.h
index b1b30cd36601564a9de50be99c64cf8e81171e54..5f95b11a04bff7f9a65f18299b4e63647625c88a 100644
--- a/include/net/calipso.h
+++ b/include/net/calipso.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
 #include <net/netlabel.h>
 #include <net/request_sock.h>
-#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
 /* known doi values */
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct calipso_doi {
 	u32 doi;
 	u32 type;
 
-	atomic_t refcount;
+	refcount_t refcount;
 	struct list_head list;
 	struct rcu_head rcu;
 };
diff --git a/net/ipv6/calipso.c b/net/ipv6/calipso.c
index 44067521e7cd56e84870fb1a8209b68349ac22f4..1323b9679cf718d0023bf5880dcd60fb8602d9db 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/calipso.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/calipso.c
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ static struct calipso_doi *calipso_doi_search(u32 doi)
 	struct calipso_doi *iter;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(iter, &calipso_doi_list, list)
-		if (iter->doi == doi && atomic_read(&iter->refcount))
+		if (iter->doi == doi && refcount_read(&iter->refcount))
 			return iter;
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static int calipso_doi_add(struct calipso_doi *doi_def,
 	if (doi_def->doi == CALIPSO_DOI_UNKNOWN)
 		goto doi_add_return;
 
-	atomic_set(&doi_def->refcount, 1);
+	refcount_set(&doi_def->refcount, 1);
 
 	spin_lock(&calipso_doi_list_lock);
 	if (calipso_doi_search(doi_def->doi)) {
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ static int calipso_doi_remove(u32 doi, struct netlbl_audit *audit_info)
 		ret_val = -ENOENT;
 		goto doi_remove_return;
 	}
-	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&doi_def->refcount)) {
+	if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&doi_def->refcount)) {
 		spin_unlock(&calipso_doi_list_lock);
 		ret_val = -EBUSY;
 		goto doi_remove_return;
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ static struct calipso_doi *calipso_doi_getdef(u32 doi)
 	doi_def = calipso_doi_search(doi);
 	if (!doi_def)
 		goto doi_getdef_return;
-	if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&doi_def->refcount))
+	if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&doi_def->refcount))
 		doi_def = NULL;
 
 doi_getdef_return:
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ static void calipso_doi_putdef(struct calipso_doi *doi_def)
 	if (!doi_def)
 		return;
 
-	if (!atomic_dec_and_test(&doi_def->refcount))
+	if (!refcount_dec_and_test(&doi_def->refcount))
 		return;
 	spin_lock(&calipso_doi_list_lock);
 	list_del_rcu(&doi_def->list);
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ static int calipso_doi_walk(u32 *skip_cnt,
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(iter_doi, &calipso_doi_list, list)
-		if (atomic_read(&iter_doi->refcount) > 0) {
+		if (refcount_read(&iter_doi->refcount) > 0) {
 			if (doi_cnt++ < *skip_cnt)
 				continue;
 			ret_val = callback(iter_doi, cb_arg);