diff --git a/mm/nommu.c b/mm/nommu.c
index 1777386..5e39294 100644
--- a/mm/nommu.c
+++ b/mm/nommu.c
@@ -552,11 +552,11 @@
 static void __put_nommu_region(struct vm_region *region)
 	__releases(nommu_region_sem)
 {
-	kenter("%p{%d}", region, atomic_read(&region->vm_usage));
+	kenter("%p{%d}", region, region->vm_usage);
 
 	BUG_ON(!nommu_region_tree.rb_node);
 
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&region->vm_usage)) {
+	if (--region->vm_usage == 0) {
 		if (region->vm_top > region->vm_start)
 			delete_nommu_region(region);
 		up_write(&nommu_region_sem);
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@
 	if (!vma)
 		goto error_getting_vma;
 
-	atomic_set(&region->vm_usage, 1);
+	region->vm_usage = 1;
 	region->vm_flags = vm_flags;
 	region->vm_pgoff = pgoff;
 
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@
 			}
 
 			/* we've found a region we can share */
-			atomic_inc(&pregion->vm_usage);
+			pregion->vm_usage++;
 			vma->vm_region = pregion;
 			start = pregion->vm_start;
 			start += (pgoff - pregion->vm_pgoff) << PAGE_SHIFT;
@@ -1289,7 +1289,7 @@
 					vma->vm_region = NULL;
 					vma->vm_start = 0;
 					vma->vm_end = 0;
-					atomic_dec(&pregion->vm_usage);
+					pregion->vm_usage--;
 					pregion = NULL;
 					goto error_just_free;
 				}
@@ -1444,7 +1444,7 @@
 	/* we're only permitted to split anonymous regions that have a single
 	 * owner */
 	if (vma->vm_file ||
-	    atomic_read(&vma->vm_region->vm_usage) != 1)
+	    vma->vm_region->vm_usage != 1)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	if (mm->map_count >= sysctl_max_map_count)
@@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@
 
 	/* cut the backing region down to size */
 	region = vma->vm_region;
-	BUG_ON(atomic_read(&region->vm_usage) != 1);
+	BUG_ON(region->vm_usage != 1);
 
 	down_write(&nommu_region_sem);
 	delete_nommu_region(region);