/* Bump the reference count. The session context is deleted
                 * only when this drops to zero.
                 */
-               l2tp_session_inc_refcount(session);
+               refcount_set(&session->ref_count, 1);
                l2tp_tunnel_inc_refcount(tunnel);
 
                /* Ensure tunnel socket isn't deleted */
 
        int                     nr_oos_count;   /* For OOS recovery */
        int                     nr_oos_count_max;
        struct hlist_node       hlist;          /* Hash list node */
-       atomic_t                ref_count;
+       refcount_t              ref_count;
 
        char                    name[32];       /* for logging */
        char                    ifname[IFNAMSIZ];
  */
 static inline void l2tp_session_inc_refcount_1(struct l2tp_session *session)
 {
-       atomic_inc(&session->ref_count);
+       refcount_inc(&session->ref_count);
 }
 
 static inline void l2tp_session_dec_refcount_1(struct l2tp_session *session)
 {
-       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&session->ref_count))
+       if (refcount_dec_and_test(&session->ref_count))
                l2tp_session_free(session);
 }
 
 do {                                                                   \
        pr_debug("l2tp_session_inc_refcount: %s:%d %s: cnt=%d\n",       \
                 __func__, __LINE__, (_s)->name,                        \
-                atomic_read(&_s->ref_count));                          \
+                refcount_read(&_s->ref_count));                        \
        l2tp_session_inc_refcount_1(_s);                                \
 } while (0)
 #define l2tp_session_dec_refcount(_s)                                  \
 do {                                                                   \
        pr_debug("l2tp_session_dec_refcount: %s:%d %s: cnt=%d\n",       \
                 __func__, __LINE__, (_s)->name,                        \
-                atomic_read(&_s->ref_count));                          \
+                refcount_read(&_s->ref_count));                        \
        l2tp_session_dec_refcount_1(_s);                                \
 } while (0)
 #else