int             n_channels;     /* how many channels are attached 54 */
        spinlock_t      rlock;          /* lock for receive side 58 */
        spinlock_t      wlock;          /* lock for transmit side 5c */
+       int             *xmit_recursion __percpu; /* xmit recursion detect */
        int             mru;            /* max receive unit 60 */
        unsigned int    flags;          /* control bits 64 */
        unsigned int    xstate;         /* transmit state bits 68 */
        struct ppp *ppp = netdev_priv(dev);
        int indx;
        int err;
+       int cpu;
 
        ppp->dev = dev;
        ppp->ppp_net = src_net;
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ppp->channels);
        spin_lock_init(&ppp->rlock);
        spin_lock_init(&ppp->wlock);
+
+       ppp->xmit_recursion = alloc_percpu(int);
+       if (!ppp->xmit_recursion) {
+               err = -ENOMEM;
+               goto err1;
+       }
+       for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
+               (*per_cpu_ptr(ppp->xmit_recursion, cpu)) = 0;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPP_MULTILINK
        ppp->minseq = -1;
        skb_queue_head_init(&ppp->mrq);
 
        err = ppp_unit_register(ppp, conf->unit, conf->ifname_is_set);
        if (err < 0)
-               return err;
+               goto err2;
 
        conf->file->private_data = &ppp->file;
 
        return 0;
+err2:
+       free_percpu(ppp->xmit_recursion);
+err1:
+       return err;
 }
 
 static const struct nla_policy ppp_nl_policy[IFLA_PPP_MAX + 1] = {
        ppp_xmit_unlock(ppp);
 }
 
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, ppp_xmit_recursion);
-
 static void ppp_xmit_process(struct ppp *ppp)
 {
        local_bh_disable();
 
-       if (unlikely(__this_cpu_read(ppp_xmit_recursion)))
+       if (unlikely(*this_cpu_ptr(ppp->xmit_recursion)))
                goto err;
 
-       __this_cpu_inc(ppp_xmit_recursion);
+       (*this_cpu_ptr(ppp->xmit_recursion))++;
        __ppp_xmit_process(ppp);
-       __this_cpu_dec(ppp_xmit_recursion);
+       (*this_cpu_ptr(ppp->xmit_recursion))--;
 
        local_bh_enable();
 
                read_lock(&pch->upl);
                ppp = pch->ppp;
                if (ppp)
-                       __ppp_xmit_process(ppp);
+                       ppp_xmit_process(ppp);
                read_unlock(&pch->upl);
        }
 }
 {
        local_bh_disable();
 
-       __this_cpu_inc(ppp_xmit_recursion);
        __ppp_channel_push(pch);
-       __this_cpu_dec(ppp_xmit_recursion);
 
        local_bh_enable();
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPP_FILTER */
 
        kfree_skb(ppp->xmit_pending);
+       free_percpu(ppp->xmit_recursion);
 
        free_netdev(ppp->dev);
 }