diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h b/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
index 5d8920e23073..bfdeb0d48e21 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
@@ -88,12 +88,10 @@ static inline void percpu_ref_kill(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 	return percpu_ref_kill_and_confirm(ref, NULL);
 }
 
-#define PCPU_STATUS_BITS	2
-#define PCPU_STATUS_MASK	((1 << PCPU_STATUS_BITS) - 1)
 #define PCPU_REF_PTR		0
 #define PCPU_REF_DEAD		1
 
-#define REF_STATUS(count)	(((unsigned long) count) & PCPU_STATUS_MASK)
+#define REF_STATUS(count)	(((unsigned long) count) & PCPU_REF_DEAD)
 
 /**
  * percpu_ref_get - increment a percpu refcount
diff --git a/lib/percpu-refcount.c b/lib/percpu-refcount.c
index 963b7034a51b..17bce2bccc14 100644
--- a/lib/percpu-refcount.c
+++ b/lib/percpu-refcount.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ static void percpu_ref_kill_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
 
 	/* Mask out PCPU_REF_DEAD */
 	pcpu_count = (unsigned __percpu *)
-		(((unsigned long) pcpu_count) & ~PCPU_STATUS_MASK);
+		(((unsigned long) pcpu_count) & ~PCPU_REF_DEAD);
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
 		count += *per_cpu_ptr(pcpu_count, cpu);