diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
index c8231fb1570831d78215ab9967958a1663424ed0..5f82ccd103928f27dcd704660cc004485d9bcf76 100644
--- a/kernel/taskstats.c
+++ b/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -89,8 +89,7 @@ static int prepare_reply(struct genl_info *info, u8 cmd, struct sk_buff **skbp,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (!info) {
-		int seq = get_cpu_var(taskstats_seqnum)++;
-		put_cpu_var(taskstats_seqnum);
+		int seq = this_cpu_inc_return(taskstats_seqnum) - 1;
 
 		reply = genlmsg_put(skb, 0, seq, &family, 0, cmd);
 	} else
@@ -581,7 +580,7 @@ void taskstats_exit(struct task_struct *tsk, int group_dead)
 		fill_tgid_exit(tsk);
 	}
 
-	listeners = &__raw_get_cpu_var(listener_array);
+	listeners = __this_cpu_ptr(&listener_array);
 	if (list_empty(&listeners->list))
 		return;