diff --git a/include/net/tc_act/tc_gact.h b/include/net/tc_act/tc_gact.h
index 9fc9b578908a..592a6bc02b0b 100644
--- a/include/net/tc_act/tc_gact.h
+++ b/include/net/tc_act/tc_gact.h
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
 struct tcf_gact {
 	struct tcf_common	common;
 #ifdef CONFIG_GACT_PROB
-        u16			tcfg_ptype;
-        u16			tcfg_pval;
-        int			tcfg_paction;
+	u16			tcfg_ptype;
+	u16			tcfg_pval;
+	int			tcfg_paction;
+	atomic_t		packets;
 #endif
 };
 #define to_gact(a) \
diff --git a/net/sched/act_gact.c b/net/sched/act_gact.c
index 22a3a61aa090..2f9bec584b3f 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_gact.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_gact.c
@@ -36,8 +36,10 @@ static int gact_net_rand(struct tcf_gact *gact)
 
 static int gact_determ(struct tcf_gact *gact)
 {
+	u32 pack = atomic_inc_return(&gact->packets);
+
 	smp_rmb(); /* coupled with smp_wmb() in tcf_gact_init() */
-	if (gact->tcf_bstats.packets % gact->tcfg_pval)
+	if (pack % gact->tcfg_pval)
 		return gact->tcf_action;
 	return gact->tcfg_paction;
 }