1 files changed, 4 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmnet.c b/drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmnet.c
index bb9260c6845e..bc2969821421 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmnet.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/bcm/Bcmnet.c
@@ -22,17 +22,15 @@ static INT bcm_notify_event(struct notifier_block *nb, ULONG event, PVOID dev)
                         case NETDEV_REGISTER:
                                  /* Increment the Reference Count for "veth0" */
                                  BCM_DEBUG_PRINT(Adapter,DBG_TYPE_INITEXIT, DRV_ENTRY, DBG_LVL_ALL, "Register RefCount: %x\n",
-                                                                        atomic_read(&ndev->refcnt));
-                                 atomic_inc(&ndev->refcnt);
+                                                                        netdev_refcnt_read(ndev));
+                                 dev_hold(ndev);
                                  break;
 
                         case NETDEV_UNREGISTER:
                                  /* Decrement the Reference Count for "veth0" */
                                 BCM_DEBUG_PRINT(Adapter,DBG_TYPE_INITEXIT, DRV_ENTRY, DBG_LVL_ALL, "Unregister RefCnt: %x\n",
-                                                                        atomic_read(&ndev->refcnt));
-                                atomic_dec(&ndev->refcnt);
-                                if((int)atomic_read(&ndev->refcnt) < 0)
-                                        atomic_set(&ndev->refcnt, 0);
+                                                                        netdev_refcnt_read(ndev));
+                                dev_put(ndev);
                                 break;
                 };
         }