diff --git a/security/apparmor/include/apparmor.h b/security/apparmor/include/apparmor.h
index 5d721e990876..f067be814626 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/include/apparmor.h
+++ b/security/apparmor/include/apparmor.h
@@ -78,12 +78,6 @@ static inline void *kvzalloc(size_t size)
 	return __aa_kvmalloc(size, __GFP_ZERO);
 }
 
-/* returns 0 if kref not incremented */
-static inline int kref_get_not0(struct kref *kref)
-{
-	return atomic_inc_not_zero(&kref->refcount);
-}
-
 /**
  * aa_strneq - compare null terminated @str to a non null terminated substring
  * @str: a null terminated string
diff --git a/security/apparmor/include/policy.h b/security/apparmor/include/policy.h
index 52275f040a5f..46467aaa557b 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/include/policy.h
+++ b/security/apparmor/include/policy.h
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ static inline struct aa_profile *aa_get_profile(struct aa_profile *p)
  */
 static inline struct aa_profile *aa_get_profile_not0(struct aa_profile *p)
 {
-	if (p && kref_get_not0(&p->count))
+	if (p && kref_get_unless_zero(&p->count))
 		return p;
 
 	return NULL;
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ static inline struct aa_profile *aa_get_profile_rcu(struct aa_profile __rcu **p)
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	do {
 		c = rcu_dereference(*p);
-	} while (c && !kref_get_not0(&c->count));
+	} while (c && !kref_get_unless_zero(&c->count));
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return c;