diff --git a/include/linux/percpu.h b/include/linux/percpu.h
index e7a0b95ed527..539b3caa5748 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  */
 #define get_cpu_var(var) (*({				\
 	preempt_disable();				\
-	&__get_cpu_var(var); }))
+	this_cpu_ptr(&var); }))
 
 /*
  * The weird & is necessary because sparse considers (void)(var) to be