diff --git a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
index c9406bf..d2c3584 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/scrub.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ struct scrub_block {
 	struct scrub_page	*pagev[SCRUB_MAX_PAGES_PER_BLOCK];
 	int			page_count;
 	atomic_t		outstanding_pages;
-	atomic_t		refs; /* free mem on transition to zero */
+	refcount_t		refs; /* free mem on transition to zero */
 	struct scrub_ctx	*sctx;
 	struct scrub_parity	*sparity;
 	struct {
@@ -1998,12 +1998,12 @@ static int scrub_checksum_super(struct scrub_block *sblock)
 
 static void scrub_block_get(struct scrub_block *sblock)
 {
-	atomic_inc(&sblock->refs);
+	refcount_inc(&sblock->refs);
 }
 
 static void scrub_block_put(struct scrub_block *sblock)
 {
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&sblock->refs)) {
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&sblock->refs)) {
 		int i;
 
 		if (sblock->sparity)
@@ -2255,7 +2255,7 @@ static int scrub_pages(struct scrub_ctx *sctx, u64 logical, u64 len,
 
 	/* one ref inside this function, plus one for each page added to
 	 * a bio later on */
-	atomic_set(&sblock->refs, 1);
+	refcount_set(&sblock->refs, 1);
 	sblock->sctx = sctx;
 	sblock->no_io_error_seen = 1;
 
@@ -2555,7 +2555,7 @@ static int scrub_pages_for_parity(struct scrub_parity *sparity,
 
 	/* one ref inside this function, plus one for each page added to
 	 * a bio later on */
-	atomic_set(&sblock->refs, 1);
+	refcount_set(&sblock->refs, 1);
 	sblock->sctx = sctx;
 	sblock->no_io_error_seen = 1;
 	sblock->sparity = sparity;