diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/vmur.c b/drivers/s390/char/vmur.c
index a50cf930a6236eee3259bb9f1fc5aa6717f27ee6..fa90ef05afc00c32805238c4dccdb1a5c589390d 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/vmur.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/vmur.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static struct urdev *urdev_alloc(struct ccw_device *cdev)
 	mutex_init(&urd->io_mutex);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&urd->wait);
 	spin_lock_init(&urd->open_lock);
-	atomic_set(&urd->ref_count,  1);
+	refcount_set(&urd->ref_count,  1);
 	urd->cdev = cdev;
 	get_device(&cdev->dev);
 	return urd;
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static void urdev_free(struct urdev *urd)
 
 static void urdev_get(struct urdev *urd)
 {
-	atomic_inc(&urd->ref_count);
+	refcount_inc(&urd->ref_count);
 }
 
 static struct urdev *urdev_get_from_cdev(struct ccw_device *cdev)
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static struct urdev *urdev_get_from_devno(u16 devno)
 
 static void urdev_put(struct urdev *urd)
 {
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&urd->ref_count))
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&urd->ref_count))
 		urdev_free(urd);
 }
 
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ static int ur_set_offline_force(struct ccw_device *cdev, int force)
 		rc = -EBUSY;
 		goto fail_urdev_put;
 	}
-	if (!force && (atomic_read(&urd->ref_count) > 2)) {
+	if (!force && (refcount_read(&urd->ref_count) > 2)) {
 		/* There is still a user of urd (e.g. ur_open) */
 		TRACE("ur_set_offline: BUSY\n");
 		rc = -EBUSY;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/vmur.h b/drivers/s390/char/vmur.h
index fa320ad4593d790fb34af20f27afb9c3825e8af4..35ea9d11d1214bc2f43c62d3be3a1337f74c7c39 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/vmur.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/vmur.h
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #ifndef _VMUR_H_
 #define _VMUR_H_
 
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
+
 #define DEV_CLASS_UR_I 0x20 /* diag210 unit record input device class */
 #define DEV_CLASS_UR_O 0x10 /* diag210 unit record output device class */
 /*
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ struct urdev {
 	size_t reclen;			/* Record length for *write* CCWs */
 	int class;			/* VM device class */
 	int io_request_rc;		/* return code from I/O request */
-	atomic_t ref_count;		/* reference counter */
+	refcount_t ref_count;		/* reference counter */
 	wait_queue_head_t wait;		/* wait queue to serialize open */
 	int open_flag;			/* "urdev is open" flag */
 	spinlock_t open_lock;		/* serialize critical sections */