diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h
index 67ce70c8279b..fe3704379b6f 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct vm_event_state, vm_event_states);
 
 static inline void __count_vm_event(enum vm_event_item item)
 {
+	preempt_disable_rt();
 	__this_cpu_inc(vm_event_states.event[item]);
+	preempt_enable_rt();
 }
 
 static inline void count_vm_event(enum vm_event_item item)
@@ -39,7 +41,9 @@ static inline void count_vm_event(enum vm_event_item item)
 
 static inline void __count_vm_events(enum vm_event_item item, long delta)
 {
+	preempt_disable_rt();
 	__this_cpu_add(vm_event_states.event[item], delta);
+	preempt_enable_rt();
 }
 
 static inline void count_vm_events(enum vm_event_item item, long delta)
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index eded1909a690..7552286f4493 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ void __mod_zone_page_state(struct zone *zone, enum zone_stat_item item,
 	long x;
 	long t;
 
+	preempt_disable_rt();
 	x = delta + __this_cpu_read(*p);
 
 	t = __this_cpu_read(pcp->stat_threshold);
@@ -226,6 +227,7 @@ void __mod_zone_page_state(struct zone *zone, enum zone_stat_item item,
 		x = 0;
 	}
 	__this_cpu_write(*p, x);
+	preempt_enable_rt();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mod_zone_page_state);
 
@@ -258,6 +260,7 @@ void __inc_zone_state(struct zone *zone, enum zone_stat_item item)
 	s8 __percpu *p = pcp->vm_stat_diff + item;
 	s8 v, t;
 
+	preempt_disable_rt();
 	v = __this_cpu_inc_return(*p);
 	t = __this_cpu_read(pcp->stat_threshold);
 	if (unlikely(v > t)) {
@@ -266,6 +269,7 @@ void __inc_zone_state(struct zone *zone, enum zone_stat_item item)
 		zone_page_state_add(v + overstep, zone, item);
 		__this_cpu_write(*p, -overstep);
 	}
+	preempt_enable_rt();
 }
 
 void __inc_zone_page_state(struct page *page, enum zone_stat_item item)
@@ -280,6 +284,7 @@ void __dec_zone_state(struct zone *zone, enum zone_stat_item item)
 	s8 __percpu *p = pcp->vm_stat_diff + item;
 	s8 v, t;
 
+	preempt_disable_rt();
 	v = __this_cpu_dec_return(*p);
 	t = __this_cpu_read(pcp->stat_threshold);
 	if (unlikely(v < - t)) {
@@ -288,6 +293,7 @@ void __dec_zone_state(struct zone *zone, enum zone_stat_item item)
 		zone_page_state_add(v - overstep, zone, item);
 		__this_cpu_write(*p, overstep);
 	}
+	preempt_enable_rt();
 }
 
 void __dec_zone_page_state(struct page *page, enum zone_stat_item item)