diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c b/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c
index 562f72955956..84bd6329a88d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c
@@ -190,14 +190,15 @@ unsigned long *page_table_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
 		if (!list_empty(&mm->context.pgtable_list)) {
 			page = list_first_entry(&mm->context.pgtable_list,
 						struct page, lru);
-			mask = atomic_read(&page->_mapcount);
+			mask = atomic_read(&page->_refcount) >> 24;
 			mask = (mask | (mask >> 4)) & 3;
 			if (mask != 3) {
 				table = (unsigned long *) page_to_phys(page);
 				bit = mask & 1;		/* =1 -> second 2K */
 				if (bit)
 					table += PTRS_PER_PTE;
-				atomic_xor_bits(&page->_mapcount, 1U << bit);
+				atomic_xor_bits(&page->_refcount,
+							1U << (bit + 24));
 				list_del(&page->lru);
 			}
 		}
@@ -218,12 +219,12 @@ unsigned long *page_table_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	table = (unsigned long *) page_to_phys(page);
 	if (mm_alloc_pgste(mm)) {
 		/* Return 4K page table with PGSTEs */
-		atomic_set(&page->_mapcount, 3);
+		atomic_xor_bits(&page->_refcount, 3 << 24);
 		memset64((u64 *)table, _PAGE_INVALID, PTRS_PER_PTE);
 		memset64((u64 *)table + PTRS_PER_PTE, 0, PTRS_PER_PTE);
 	} else {
 		/* Return the first 2K fragment of the page */
-		atomic_set(&page->_mapcount, 1);
+		atomic_xor_bits(&page->_refcount, 1 << 24);
 		memset64((u64 *)table, _PAGE_INVALID, 2 * PTRS_PER_PTE);
 		spin_lock_bh(&mm->context.lock);
 		list_add(&page->lru, &mm->context.pgtable_list);
@@ -242,7 +243,8 @@ void page_table_free(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long *table)
 		/* Free 2K page table fragment of a 4K page */
 		bit = (__pa(table) & ~PAGE_MASK)/(PTRS_PER_PTE*sizeof(pte_t));
 		spin_lock_bh(&mm->context.lock);
-		mask = atomic_xor_bits(&page->_mapcount, 1U << bit);
+		mask = atomic_xor_bits(&page->_refcount, 1U << (bit + 24));
+		mask >>= 24;
 		if (mask & 3)
 			list_add(&page->lru, &mm->context.pgtable_list);
 		else
@@ -253,7 +255,6 @@ void page_table_free(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long *table)
 	}
 
 	pgtable_page_dtor(page);
-	atomic_set(&page->_mapcount, -1);
 	__free_page(page);
 }
 
@@ -274,7 +275,8 @@ void page_table_free_rcu(struct mmu_gather *tlb, unsigned long *table,
 	}
 	bit = (__pa(table) & ~PAGE_MASK) / (PTRS_PER_PTE*sizeof(pte_t));
 	spin_lock_bh(&mm->context.lock);
-	mask = atomic_xor_bits(&page->_mapcount, 0x11U << bit);
+	mask = atomic_xor_bits(&page->_refcount, 0x11U << (bit + 24));
+	mask >>= 24;
 	if (mask & 3)
 		list_add_tail(&page->lru, &mm->context.pgtable_list);
 	else
@@ -296,12 +298,13 @@ static void __tlb_remove_table(void *_table)
 		break;
 	case 1:		/* lower 2K of a 4K page table */
 	case 2:		/* higher 2K of a 4K page table */
-		if (atomic_xor_bits(&page->_mapcount, mask << 4) != 0)
+		mask = atomic_xor_bits(&page->_refcount, mask << (4 + 24));
+		mask >>= 24;
+		if (mask != 0)
 			break;
 		/* fallthrough */
 	case 3:		/* 4K page table with pgstes */
 		pgtable_page_dtor(page);
-		atomic_set(&page->_mapcount, -1);
 		__free_page(page);
 		break;
 	}