diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 8b426f83909f..245c430a2e41 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ static void inode_switch_wbs_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 		struct page *page = radix_tree_deref_slot_protected(slot,
 							&mapping->tree_lock);
 		if (likely(page) && PageDirty(page)) {
-			__dec_wb_stat(old_wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE);
-			__inc_wb_stat(new_wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE);
+			dec_wb_stat(old_wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE);
+			inc_wb_stat(new_wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -391,8 +391,8 @@ static void inode_switch_wbs_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 							&mapping->tree_lock);
 		if (likely(page)) {
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(!PageWriteback(page));
-			__dec_wb_stat(old_wb, WB_WRITEBACK);
-			__inc_wb_stat(new_wb, WB_WRITEBACK);
+			dec_wb_stat(old_wb, WB_WRITEBACK);
+			inc_wb_stat(new_wb, WB_WRITEBACK);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index 334165c911f0..854e1bdd0b2a 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -69,34 +69,14 @@ static inline void __add_wb_stat(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 	percpu_counter_add_batch(&wb->stat[item], amount, WB_STAT_BATCH);
 }
 
-static inline void __inc_wb_stat(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
-				 enum wb_stat_item item)
+static inline void inc_wb_stat(struct bdi_writeback *wb, enum wb_stat_item item)
 {
 	__add_wb_stat(wb, item, 1);
 }
 
-static inline void inc_wb_stat(struct bdi_writeback *wb, enum wb_stat_item item)
-{
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	local_irq_save(flags);
-	__inc_wb_stat(wb, item);
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
-}
-
-static inline void __dec_wb_stat(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
-				 enum wb_stat_item item)
-{
-	__add_wb_stat(wb, item, -1);
-}
-
 static inline void dec_wb_stat(struct bdi_writeback *wb, enum wb_stat_item item)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	local_irq_save(flags);
-	__dec_wb_stat(wb, item);
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	__add_wb_stat(wb, item, -1);
 }
 
 static inline s64 wb_stat(struct bdi_writeback *wb, enum wb_stat_item item)
diff --git a/lib/percpu_counter.c b/lib/percpu_counter.c
index 8ee7e5ec21be..3bf4a9984f4c 100644
--- a/lib/percpu_counter.c
+++ b/lib/percpu_counter.c
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ void percpu_counter_set(struct percpu_counter *fbc, s64 amount)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(percpu_counter_set);
 
+/**
+ * This function is both preempt and irq safe. The former is due to explicit
+ * preemption disable. The latter is guaranteed by the fact that the slow path
+ * is explicitly protected by an irq-safe spinlock whereas the fast patch uses
+ * this_cpu_add which is irq-safe by definition. Hence there is no need muck
+ * with irq state before calling this one
+ */
 void percpu_counter_add_batch(struct percpu_counter *fbc, s64 amount, s32 batch)
 {
 	s64 count;
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 0b60cc7ddac2..96e93b214d31 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ static inline void __wb_writeout_inc(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 {
 	struct wb_domain *cgdom;
 
-	__inc_wb_stat(wb, WB_WRITTEN);
+	inc_wb_stat(wb, WB_WRITTEN);
 	wb_domain_writeout_inc(&global_wb_domain, &wb->completions,
 			       wb->bdi->max_prop_frac);
 
@@ -2435,8 +2435,8 @@ void account_page_dirtied(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping)
 		__inc_lruvec_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
 		__inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_ZONE_WRITE_PENDING);
 		__inc_node_page_state(page, NR_DIRTIED);
-		__inc_wb_stat(wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE);
-		__inc_wb_stat(wb, WB_DIRTIED);
+		inc_wb_stat(wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE);
+		inc_wb_stat(wb, WB_DIRTIED);
 		task_io_account_write(PAGE_SIZE);
 		current->nr_dirtied++;
 		this_cpu_inc(bdp_ratelimits);
@@ -2741,7 +2741,7 @@ int test_clear_page_writeback(struct page *page)
 			if (bdi_cap_account_writeback(bdi)) {
 				struct bdi_writeback *wb = inode_to_wb(inode);
 
-				__dec_wb_stat(wb, WB_WRITEBACK);
+				dec_wb_stat(wb, WB_WRITEBACK);
 				__wb_writeout_inc(wb);
 			}
 		}
@@ -2786,7 +2786,7 @@ int __test_set_page_writeback(struct page *page, bool keep_write)
 						page_index(page),
 						PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK);
 			if (bdi_cap_account_writeback(bdi))
-				__inc_wb_stat(inode_to_wb(inode), WB_WRITEBACK);
+				inc_wb_stat(inode_to_wb(inode), WB_WRITEBACK);
 
 			/*
 			 * We can come through here when swapping anonymous