diff --git a/kernel/padata.c b/kernel/padata.c
index aa99295..6f10eb2 100644
--- a/kernel/padata.c
+++ b/kernel/padata.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
 
-#define MAX_SEQ_NR (INT_MAX - NR_CPUS)
 #define MAX_OBJ_NUM 1000
 
 static int padata_index_to_cpu(struct parallel_data *pd, int cpu_index)
@@ -43,18 +42,19 @@
 	return target_cpu;
 }
 
-static int padata_cpu_hash(struct padata_priv *padata)
+static int padata_cpu_hash(struct parallel_data *pd)
 {
 	int cpu_index;
-	struct parallel_data *pd;
-
-	pd =  padata->pd;
 
 	/*
 	 * Hash the sequence numbers to the cpus by taking
 	 * seq_nr mod. number of cpus in use.
 	 */
-	cpu_index =  padata->seq_nr % cpumask_weight(pd->cpumask.pcpu);
+
+	spin_lock(&pd->seq_lock);
+	cpu_index =  pd->seq_nr % cpumask_weight(pd->cpumask.pcpu);
+	pd->seq_nr++;
+	spin_unlock(&pd->seq_lock);
 
 	return padata_index_to_cpu(pd, cpu_index);
 }
@@ -132,12 +132,7 @@
 	padata->pd = pd;
 	padata->cb_cpu = cb_cpu;
 
-	if (unlikely(atomic_read(&pd->seq_nr) == pd->max_seq_nr))
-		atomic_set(&pd->seq_nr, -1);
-
-	padata->seq_nr = atomic_inc_return(&pd->seq_nr);
-
-	target_cpu = padata_cpu_hash(padata);
+	target_cpu = padata_cpu_hash(pd);
 	queue = per_cpu_ptr(pd->pqueue, target_cpu);
 
 	spin_lock(&queue->parallel.lock);
@@ -173,7 +168,7 @@
 static struct padata_priv *padata_get_next(struct parallel_data *pd)
 {
 	int cpu, num_cpus;
-	int next_nr, next_index;
+	unsigned int next_nr, next_index;
 	struct padata_parallel_queue *queue, *next_queue;
 	struct padata_priv *padata;
 	struct padata_list *reorder;
@@ -189,14 +184,6 @@
 	cpu = padata_index_to_cpu(pd, next_index);
 	next_queue = per_cpu_ptr(pd->pqueue, cpu);
 
-	if (unlikely(next_nr > pd->max_seq_nr)) {
-		next_nr = next_nr - pd->max_seq_nr - 1;
-		next_index = next_nr % num_cpus;
-		cpu = padata_index_to_cpu(pd, next_index);
-		next_queue = per_cpu_ptr(pd->pqueue, cpu);
-		pd->processed = 0;
-	}
-
 	padata = NULL;
 
 	reorder = &next_queue->reorder;
@@ -205,8 +192,6 @@
 		padata = list_entry(reorder->list.next,
 				    struct padata_priv, list);
 
-		BUG_ON(next_nr != padata->seq_nr);
-
 		spin_lock(&reorder->lock);
 		list_del_init(&padata->list);
 		atomic_dec(&pd->reorder_objects);
@@ -402,7 +387,7 @@
 /* Initialize all percpu queues used by parallel workers */
 static void padata_init_pqueues(struct parallel_data *pd)
 {
-	int cpu_index, num_cpus, cpu;
+	int cpu_index, cpu;
 	struct padata_parallel_queue *pqueue;
 
 	cpu_index = 0;
@@ -417,9 +402,6 @@
 		INIT_WORK(&pqueue->work, padata_parallel_worker);
 		atomic_set(&pqueue->num_obj, 0);
 	}
-
-	num_cpus = cpumask_weight(pd->cpumask.pcpu);
-	pd->max_seq_nr = num_cpus ? (MAX_SEQ_NR / num_cpus) * num_cpus - 1 : 0;
 }
 
 /* Allocate and initialize the internal cpumask dependend resources. */
@@ -446,7 +428,7 @@
 	padata_init_pqueues(pd);
 	padata_init_squeues(pd);
 	setup_timer(&pd->timer, padata_reorder_timer, (unsigned long)pd);
-	atomic_set(&pd->seq_nr, -1);
+	pd->seq_nr = 0;
 	atomic_set(&pd->reorder_objects, 0);
 	atomic_set(&pd->refcnt, 0);
 	pd->pinst = pinst;