diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h
index 2d0f222388a8..d85889710f9b 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
@@ -76,24 +76,22 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct vm_event_state, vm_event_states);
 
 static inline void __count_vm_event(enum vm_event_item item)
 {
-	__get_cpu_var(vm_event_states).event[item]++;
+	__this_cpu_inc(per_cpu_var(vm_event_states).event[item]);
 }
 
 static inline void count_vm_event(enum vm_event_item item)
 {
-	get_cpu_var(vm_event_states).event[item]++;
-	put_cpu();
+	this_cpu_inc(per_cpu_var(vm_event_states).event[item]);
 }
 
 static inline void __count_vm_events(enum vm_event_item item, long delta)
 {
-	__get_cpu_var(vm_event_states).event[item] += delta;
+	__this_cpu_add(per_cpu_var(vm_event_states).event[item], delta);
 }
 
 static inline void count_vm_events(enum vm_event_item item, long delta)
 {
-	get_cpu_var(vm_event_states).event[item] += delta;
-	put_cpu();
+	this_cpu_add(per_cpu_var(vm_event_states).event[item], delta);
 }
 
 extern void all_vm_events(unsigned long *);