diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h
index b81002f..078ad0c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/debugreg.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 
 static inline int hw_breakpoint_active(void)
 {
-	return __get_cpu_var(cpu_dr7) & DR_GLOBAL_ENABLE_MASK;
+	return __this_cpu_read(cpu_dr7) & DR_GLOBAL_ENABLE_MASK;
 }
 
 extern void aout_dump_debugregs(struct user *dump);