diff --git a/include/net/inet_frag.h b/include/net/inet_frag.h
index 975779d0e7b0..440c1e9d0623 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_frag.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_frag.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ struct inet_frag_queue {
 	spinlock_t		lock;
 	struct timer_list	timer;
 	struct hlist_node	list;
-	atomic_t		refcnt;
+	refcount_t		refcnt;
 	struct sk_buff		*fragments;
 	struct sk_buff		*fragments_tail;
 	ktime_t			stamp;
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void inet_frag_maybe_warn_overflow(struct inet_frag_queue *q,
 
 static inline void inet_frag_put(struct inet_frag_queue *q, struct inet_frags *f)
 {
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&q->refcnt))
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&q->refcnt))
 		inet_frag_destroy(q, f);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c b/net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c
index b5e9317eaf9e..96e95e83cc61 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c
@@ -276,11 +276,11 @@ static inline void fq_unlink(struct inet_frag_queue *fq, struct inet_frags *f)
 void inet_frag_kill(struct inet_frag_queue *fq, struct inet_frags *f)
 {
 	if (del_timer(&fq->timer))
-		atomic_dec(&fq->refcnt);
+		refcount_dec(&fq->refcnt);
 
 	if (!(fq->flags & INET_FRAG_COMPLETE)) {
 		fq_unlink(fq, f);
-		atomic_dec(&fq->refcnt);
+		refcount_dec(&fq->refcnt);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet_frag_kill);
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ static struct inet_frag_queue *inet_frag_intern(struct netns_frags *nf,
 	 */
 	hlist_for_each_entry(qp, &hb->chain, list) {
 		if (qp->net == nf && f->match(qp, arg)) {
-			atomic_inc(&qp->refcnt);
+			refcount_inc(&qp->refcnt);
 			spin_unlock(&hb->chain_lock);
 			qp_in->flags |= INET_FRAG_COMPLETE;
 			inet_frag_put(qp_in, f);
@@ -339,9 +339,9 @@ static struct inet_frag_queue *inet_frag_intern(struct netns_frags *nf,
 #endif
 	qp = qp_in;
 	if (!mod_timer(&qp->timer, jiffies + nf->timeout))
-		atomic_inc(&qp->refcnt);
+		refcount_inc(&qp->refcnt);
 
-	atomic_inc(&qp->refcnt);
+	refcount_inc(&qp->refcnt);
 	hlist_add_head(&qp->list, &hb->chain);
 
 	spin_unlock(&hb->chain_lock);
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static struct inet_frag_queue *inet_frag_alloc(struct netns_frags *nf,
 
 	setup_timer(&q->timer, f->frag_expire, (unsigned long)q);
 	spin_lock_init(&q->lock);
-	atomic_set(&q->refcnt, 1);
+	refcount_set(&q->refcnt, 1);
 
 	return q;
 }
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ struct inet_frag_queue *inet_frag_find(struct netns_frags *nf,
 	spin_lock(&hb->chain_lock);
 	hlist_for_each_entry(q, &hb->chain, list) {
 		if (q->net == nf && f->match(q, key)) {
-			atomic_inc(&q->refcnt);
+			refcount_inc(&q->refcnt);
 			spin_unlock(&hb->chain_lock);
 			return q;
 		}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c b/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
index b3cdeec85f1f..9a8cfac503dc 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_fragment.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static int ip_frag_reinit(struct ipq *qp)
 	unsigned int sum_truesize = 0;
 
 	if (!mod_timer(&qp->q.timer, jiffies + qp->q.net->timeout)) {
-		atomic_inc(&qp->q.refcnt);
+		refcount_inc(&qp->q.refcnt);
 		return -ETIMEDOUT;
 	}