diff --git a/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c b/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
index a7f046b..2b46a7e 100644
--- a/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
+++ b/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@
 
 static inline void get_seq(__u32 *ts, int *cpu)
 {
-	*ts = get_cpu_var(proc_event_counts)++;
+	preempt_disable();
+	*ts = __this_cpu_inc_return(proc_event_counts) -1;
 	*cpu = smp_processor_id();
-	put_cpu_var(proc_event_counts);
+	preempt_enable();
 }
 
 void proc_fork_connector(struct task_struct *task)