diff --git a/include/net/af_unix.h b/include/net/af_unix.h
index 0864a775de24462fb962545da1c91b7b56a860ae..a1c805d7f488b7295a335c33de66f495cd5d0e37 100644
--- a/include/net/af_unix.h
+++ b/include/net/af_unix.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ extern void unix_gc(void);
 
 #define UNIX_HASH_SIZE	256
 
-extern atomic_t unix_tot_inflight;
+extern unsigned int unix_tot_inflight;
 
 struct unix_address {
 	atomic_t	refcnt;
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 515e7a692f9bf85e263bf5a8752c22f0384595d0..ab9048ac197fc34c8b9216ee338a6299d255ab46 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ static int unix_release_sock (struct sock *sk, int embrion)
 	 *	  What the above comment does talk about? --ANK(980817)
 	 */
 
-	if (atomic_read(&unix_tot_inflight))
+	if (unix_tot_inflight)
 		unix_gc();		/* Garbage collect fds */
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/net/unix/garbage.c b/net/unix/garbage.c
index 406b6433e467b4b4cbe697d24ec03f4cfa33e22e..399717ed7b9d6c8b6f918e7abd6e911f798c2a2e 100644
--- a/net/unix/garbage.c
+++ b/net/unix/garbage.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static LIST_HEAD(gc_inflight_list);
 static LIST_HEAD(gc_candidates);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(unix_gc_lock);
 
-atomic_t unix_tot_inflight = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
+unsigned int unix_tot_inflight;
 
 
 static struct sock *unix_get_socket(struct file *filp)
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ void unix_inflight(struct file *fp)
 		} else {
 			BUG_ON(list_empty(&u->link));
 		}
-		atomic_inc(&unix_tot_inflight);
+		unix_tot_inflight++;
 		spin_unlock(&unix_gc_lock);
 	}
 }
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ void unix_notinflight(struct file *fp)
 		BUG_ON(list_empty(&u->link));
 		if (atomic_dec_and_test(&u->inflight))
 			list_del_init(&u->link);
-		atomic_dec(&unix_tot_inflight);
+		unix_tot_inflight--;
 		spin_unlock(&unix_gc_lock);
 	}
 }