diff --git a/kernel/sched/cputime.c b/kernel/sched/cputime.c
index a7959e05a9d5..e89ccefef278 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/cputime.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/cputime.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static inline void task_group_account_field(struct task_struct *p, int index,
 	 * is the only cgroup, then nothing else should be necessary.
 	 *
 	 */
-	__get_cpu_var(kernel_cpustat).cpustat[index] += tmp;
+	__this_cpu_add(kernel_cpustat.cpustat[index], tmp);
 
 	cpuacct_account_field(p, index, tmp);
 }