diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
index d77c4829c49727c2a904cc84d16ceec765cdeaa5..363ea6256b39316a41f6ab996b5e7c1c8d4fb442 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/bcache.h
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@
 #include <linux/mutex.h>
 #include <linux/rbtree.h>
 #include <linux/rwsem.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
 
@@ -296,7 +297,7 @@ struct cached_dev {
 	struct semaphore	sb_write_mutex;
 
 	/* Refcount on the cache set. Always nonzero when we're caching. */
-	atomic_t		count;
+	refcount_t		count;
 	struct work_struct	detach;
 
 	/*
@@ -805,13 +806,13 @@ do {									\
 
 static inline void cached_dev_put(struct cached_dev *dc)
 {
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&dc->count))
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&dc->count))
 		schedule_work(&dc->detach);
 }
 
 static inline bool cached_dev_get(struct cached_dev *dc)
 {
-	if (!atomic_inc_not_zero(&dc->count))
+	if (!refcount_inc_not_zero(&dc->count))
 		return false;
 
 	/* Paired with the mb in cached_dev_attach */
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index 72c3b2929ef02bfe1ae03756620a320251ea87ab..46134c45c6f693ae47b69080d5e9eadc6b295e00 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@ static void cached_dev_detach_finish(struct work_struct *w)
 	closure_init_stack(&cl);
 
 	BUG_ON(!test_bit(BCACHE_DEV_DETACHING, &dc->disk.flags));
-	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&dc->count));
+	BUG_ON(refcount_read(&dc->count));
 
 	mutex_lock(&bch_register_lock);
 
@@ -1029,7 +1029,7 @@ int bch_cached_dev_attach(struct cached_dev *dc, struct cache_set *c)
 	 * dc->c must be set before dc->count != 0 - paired with the mb in
 	 * cached_dev_get()
 	 */
-	atomic_set(&dc->count, 1);
+	refcount_set(&dc->count, 1);
 
 	/* Block writeback thread, but spawn it */
 	down_write(&dc->writeback_lock);
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ int bch_cached_dev_attach(struct cached_dev *dc, struct cache_set *c)
 	if (BDEV_STATE(&dc->sb) == BDEV_STATE_DIRTY) {
 		bch_sectors_dirty_init(&dc->disk);
 		atomic_set(&dc->has_dirty, 1);
-		atomic_inc(&dc->count);
+		refcount_inc(&dc->count);
 		bch_writeback_queue(dc);
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.h b/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.h
index 34bcf49d737bdfb1fc07d8fcea8f9f4f0840da8d..7d25bff37a9bf95ada7bfdeeb3b8e3fb17aaa469 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.h
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/writeback.h
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static inline void bch_writeback_add(struct cached_dev *dc)
 {
 	if (!atomic_read(&dc->has_dirty) &&
 	    !atomic_xchg(&dc->has_dirty, 1)) {
-		atomic_inc(&dc->count);
+		refcount_inc(&dc->count);
 
 		if (BDEV_STATE(&dc->sb) != BDEV_STATE_DIRTY) {
 			SET_BDEV_STATE(&dc->sb, BDEV_STATE_DIRTY);