diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.c
index 3aabfc0..73dd525 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_main.c
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@
 		/* Incr page ref count to reuse on allocation failure
 		 * so that it doesn't get freed while freeing SKB.
 		 */
-		atomic_inc(&current_bd->data->_count);
+		page_ref_inc(current_bd->data);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
@@ -1487,7 +1487,7 @@
 				 * freeing SKB.
 				 */
 
-				atomic_inc(&sw_rx_data->data->_count);
+				page_ref_inc(sw_rx_data->data);
 				rxq->rx_alloc_errors++;
 				qede_recycle_rx_bd_ring(rxq, edev,
 							fp_cqe->bd_num);