diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h b/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
index dd2a08600453..95961f0bf62d 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static inline void percpu_ref_get(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 {
 	unsigned __percpu *pcpu_count;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
+	rcu_read_lock_sched();
 
 	pcpu_count = ACCESS_ONCE(ref->pcpu_count);
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static inline void percpu_ref_get(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 	else
 		atomic_inc(&ref->count);
 
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	rcu_read_unlock_sched();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static inline bool percpu_ref_tryget(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 	unsigned __percpu *pcpu_count;
 	int ret = false;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
+	rcu_read_lock_sched();
 
 	pcpu_count = ACCESS_ONCE(ref->pcpu_count);
 
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ static inline bool percpu_ref_tryget(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 		ret = true;
 	}
 
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	rcu_read_unlock_sched();
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static inline void percpu_ref_put(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 {
 	unsigned __percpu *pcpu_count;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
+	rcu_read_lock_sched();
 
 	pcpu_count = ACCESS_ONCE(ref->pcpu_count);
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static inline void percpu_ref_put(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 	else if (unlikely(atomic_dec_and_test(&ref->count)))
 		ref->release(ref);
 
-	rcu_read_unlock();
+	rcu_read_unlock_sched();
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/lib/percpu-refcount.c b/lib/percpu-refcount.c
index 8bf9e719cca0..7deeb6297a48 100644
--- a/lib/percpu-refcount.c
+++ b/lib/percpu-refcount.c
@@ -154,5 +154,5 @@ void percpu_ref_kill_and_confirm(struct percpu_ref *ref,
 		(((unsigned long) ref->pcpu_count)|PCPU_REF_DEAD);
 	ref->confirm_kill = confirm_kill;
 
-	call_rcu(&ref->rcu, percpu_ref_kill_rcu);
+	call_rcu_sched(&ref->rcu, percpu_ref_kill_rcu);
 }