diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
index ddd29770819417436766c9b34f924582acc2b5a5..65c55ecfeaef60ce3b2234212c9058ca057b46e4 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_bitmap.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ void drbd_bm_unlock(struct drbd_conf *mdev)
 static void bm_store_page_idx(struct page *page, unsigned long idx)
 {
 	BUG_ON(0 != (idx & ~BM_PAGE_IDX_MASK));
-	page_private(page) |= idx;
+	set_page_private(page, idx);
 }
 
 static unsigned long bm_page_to_idx(struct page *page)