diff --git a/fs/ceph/caps.c b/fs/ceph/caps.c
index 68c78be..6018543 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/caps.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/caps.c
@@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ static void __ceph_flush_snaps(struct ceph_inode_info *ci,
 		first_tid = cf->tid + 1;
 
 		capsnap = container_of(cf, struct ceph_cap_snap, cap_flush);
-		atomic_inc(&capsnap->nref);
+		refcount_inc(&capsnap->nref);
 		spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
 
 		dout("__flush_snaps %p capsnap %p tid %llu %s\n",
@@ -2202,7 +2202,7 @@ static void __kick_flushing_caps(struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc,
 			     inode, capsnap, cf->tid,
 			     ceph_cap_string(capsnap->dirty));
 
-			atomic_inc(&capsnap->nref);
+			refcount_inc(&capsnap->nref);
 			spin_unlock(&ci->i_ceph_lock);
 
 			ret = __send_flush_snap(inode, session, capsnap, cap->mseq,
diff --git a/fs/ceph/snap.c b/fs/ceph/snap.c
index 8f8b41c..dab5d67 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/snap.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/snap.c
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ void ceph_queue_cap_snap(struct ceph_inode_info *ci)
 	     capsnap->need_flush ? "" : "no_flush");
 	ihold(inode);
 
-	atomic_set(&capsnap->nref, 1);
+	refcount_set(&capsnap->nref, 1);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&capsnap->ci_item);
 
 	capsnap->follows = old_snapc->seq;
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index fe6b9cf..c68e6a0 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/posix_acl.h>
+#include <linux/refcount.h>
 
 #include <linux/ceph/libceph.h>
 
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ struct ceph_cap_flush {
  * data before flushing the snapped state (tracked here) back to the MDS.
  */
 struct ceph_cap_snap {
-	atomic_t nref;
+	refcount_t nref;
 	struct list_head ci_item;
 
 	struct ceph_cap_flush cap_flush;
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ struct ceph_cap_snap {
 
 static inline void ceph_put_cap_snap(struct ceph_cap_snap *capsnap)
 {
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&capsnap->nref)) {
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&capsnap->nref)) {
 		if (capsnap->xattr_blob)
 			ceph_buffer_put(capsnap->xattr_blob);
 		kfree(capsnap);