diff --git a/include/net/x25.h b/include/net/x25.h
index 1ac14006bf7892edee26afc650a19c3f9278ecef..2609b57bd4597d6bb7035c923733e5076076467e 100644
--- a/include/net/x25.h
+++ b/include/net/x25.h
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ struct x25_neigh {
 	unsigned long		t20;
 	struct timer_list	t20timer;
 	unsigned long		global_facil_mask;
-	atomic_t		refcnt;
+	refcount_t		refcnt;
 };
 
 struct x25_sock {
@@ -243,12 +243,12 @@ void x25_link_free(void);
 /* x25_neigh.c */
 static __inline__ void x25_neigh_hold(struct x25_neigh *nb)
 {
-	atomic_inc(&nb->refcnt);
+	refcount_inc(&nb->refcnt);
 }
 
 static __inline__ void x25_neigh_put(struct x25_neigh *nb)
 {
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&nb->refcnt))
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&nb->refcnt))
 		kfree(nb);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/x25/x25_link.c b/net/x25/x25_link.c
index bcaa180d6a3f6228b5006a30089a0aca4d82c63d..e0cd04d283527cde1c32d430b35cec56ebb02860 100644
--- a/net/x25/x25_link.c
+++ b/net/x25/x25_link.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ void x25_link_device_up(struct net_device *dev)
 				       X25_MASK_PACKET_SIZE |
 				       X25_MASK_WINDOW_SIZE;
 	nb->t20      = sysctl_x25_restart_request_timeout;
-	atomic_set(&nb->refcnt, 1);
+	refcount_set(&nb->refcnt, 1);
 
 	write_lock_bh(&x25_neigh_list_lock);
 	list_add(&nb->node, &x25_neigh_list);