diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 3b159c5..e05e27d 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1282,7 +1282,7 @@
 			attach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_SID, task_session(current));
 			list_add_tail(&p->sibling, &p->real_parent->children);
 			list_add_tail_rcu(&p->tasks, &init_task.tasks);
-			__get_cpu_var(process_counts)++;
+			__this_cpu_inc(process_counts);
 		}
 		attach_pid(p, PIDTYPE_PID, pid);
 		nr_threads++;