diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h b/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
index b62a4ee6d6ad..6f8cd4c0546c 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct percpu_ref {
 	 * hack because we need to keep the pointer around for
 	 * percpu_ref_kill_rcu())
 	 */
-	unsigned __percpu	*pcpu_count;
+	unsigned long		pcpu_count_ptr;
 	percpu_ref_func_t	*release;
 	percpu_ref_func_t	*confirm_kill;
 	struct rcu_head		rcu;
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static inline void percpu_ref_kill(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 static inline bool __pcpu_ref_alive(struct percpu_ref *ref,
 				    unsigned __percpu **pcpu_countp)
 {
-	unsigned long pcpu_ptr = (unsigned long)ACCESS_ONCE(ref->pcpu_count);
+	unsigned long pcpu_ptr = ACCESS_ONCE(ref->pcpu_count_ptr);
 
 	if (unlikely(pcpu_ptr & PCPU_REF_DEAD))
 		return false;
diff --git a/lib/percpu-refcount.c b/lib/percpu-refcount.c
index 087f1a04f9bc..94e5b624de64 100644
--- a/lib/percpu-refcount.c
+++ b/lib/percpu-refcount.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 static unsigned __percpu *pcpu_count_ptr(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 {
-	return (unsigned __percpu *)((unsigned long)ref->pcpu_count & ~PCPU_REF_DEAD);
+	return (unsigned __percpu *)(ref->pcpu_count_ptr & ~PCPU_REF_DEAD);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ int percpu_ref_init(struct percpu_ref *ref, percpu_ref_func_t *release)
 {
 	atomic_set(&ref->count, 1 + PCPU_COUNT_BIAS);
 
-	ref->pcpu_count = alloc_percpu(unsigned);
-	if (!ref->pcpu_count)
+	ref->pcpu_count_ptr = (unsigned long)alloc_percpu(unsigned);
+	if (!ref->pcpu_count_ptr)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	ref->release = release;
@@ -153,11 +153,10 @@ static void percpu_ref_kill_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
 void percpu_ref_kill_and_confirm(struct percpu_ref *ref,
 				 percpu_ref_func_t *confirm_kill)
 {
-	WARN_ONCE((unsigned long)ref->pcpu_count & PCPU_REF_DEAD,
+	WARN_ONCE(ref->pcpu_count_ptr & PCPU_REF_DEAD,
 		  "percpu_ref_kill() called more than once!\n");
 
-	ref->pcpu_count = (unsigned __percpu *)
-		(((unsigned long) ref->pcpu_count)|PCPU_REF_DEAD);
+	ref->pcpu_count_ptr |= PCPU_REF_DEAD;
 	ref->confirm_kill = confirm_kill;
 
 	call_rcu_sched(&ref->rcu, percpu_ref_kill_rcu);