1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c
index c50596f7f98a..b28452a55a08 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/mad.c
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ module_param_named(recv_queue_size, mad_recvq_size, int, 0444);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(recv_queue_size, "Size of receive queue in number of work requests");
 
 static struct list_head ib_mad_port_list;
-static u32 ib_mad_client_id = 0;
+static atomic_t ib_mad_client_id = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 
 /* Port list lock */
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(ib_mad_port_list_lock);
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ struct ib_mad_agent *ib_register_mad_agent(struct ib_device *device,
         }
 
         spin_lock_irqsave(&port_priv->reg_lock, flags);
-        mad_agent_priv->agent.hi_tid = ++ib_mad_client_id;
+        mad_agent_priv->agent.hi_tid = atomic_inc_return(&ib_mad_client_id);
 
         /*
          * Make sure MAD registration (if supplied)