diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index bf86658..0b5a93a 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@
 	pgtable_t token = pmd_pgtable(*pmd);
 	pmd_clear(pmd);
 	pte_free_tlb(tlb, token, addr);
-	tlb->mm->nr_ptes--;
+	atomic_long_dec(&tlb->mm->nr_ptes);
 }
 
 static inline void free_pmd_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pud_t *pud,
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@
 	spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
 	wait_split_huge_page = 0;
 	if (likely(pmd_none(*pmd))) {	/* Has another populated it ? */
-		mm->nr_ptes++;
+		atomic_long_inc(&mm->nr_ptes);
 		pmd_populate(mm, pmd, new);
 		new = NULL;
 	} else if (unlikely(pmd_trans_splitting(*pmd)))