diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index 02bbc4c8c755..0f6706047167 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -5301,22 +5301,22 @@ static struct btrfs_bio *alloc_btrfs_bio(int total_stripes, int real_stripes)
 		GFP_NOFS|__GFP_NOFAIL);
 
 	atomic_set(&bbio->error, 0);
-	atomic_set(&bbio->refs, 1);
+	refcount_set(&bbio->refs, 1);
 
 	return bbio;
 }
 
 void btrfs_get_bbio(struct btrfs_bio *bbio)
 {
-	WARN_ON(!atomic_read(&bbio->refs));
-	atomic_inc(&bbio->refs);
+	WARN_ON(!refcount_read(&bbio->refs));
+	refcount_inc(&bbio->refs);
 }
 
 void btrfs_put_bbio(struct btrfs_bio *bbio)
 {
 	if (!bbio)
 		return;
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&bbio->refs))
+	if (refcount_dec_and_test(&bbio->refs))
 		kfree(bbio);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
index 59be81206dd7..ac0bf7d0df60 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.h
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ struct btrfs_bio;
 typedef void (btrfs_bio_end_io_t) (struct btrfs_bio *bio, int err);
 
 struct btrfs_bio {
-	atomic_t refs;
+	refcount_t refs;
 	atomic_t stripes_pending;
 	struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info;
 	u64 map_type; /* get from map_lookup->type */