diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
index 32dc14cd8900..5a16090a6d6e 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@ static ssize_t kpagecount_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 		if (!ppage)
 			pcount = 0;
 		else
-			pcount = atomic_read(&ppage->_count);
+			pcount = page_mapcount(ppage);
 
 		if (put_user(pcount, out++)) {
 			ret = -EFAULT;