diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c
index b952a1d47f12..a827f76b8144 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight-etb10.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ struct etb_drvdata {
 	struct coresight_device	*csdev;
 	struct miscdevice	miscdev;
 	raw_spinlock_t		spinlock;
-	local_t			reading;
+	atomic_t		reading;
 	pid_t			pid;
 	u8			*buf;
 	u32			buffer_depth;
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ static int etb_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	struct etb_drvdata *drvdata = container_of(file->private_data,
 						   struct etb_drvdata, miscdev);
 
-	if (local_cmpxchg(&drvdata->reading, 0, 1))
+	if (atomic_cmpxchg(&drvdata->reading, 0, 1))
 		return -EBUSY;
 
 	dev_dbg(&drvdata->csdev->dev, "%s: successfully opened\n", __func__);
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ static int etb_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
 	struct etb_drvdata *drvdata = container_of(file->private_data,
 						   struct etb_drvdata, miscdev);
-	local_set(&drvdata->reading, 0);
+	atomic_set(&drvdata->reading, 0);
 
 	dev_dbg(&drvdata->csdev->dev, "%s: released\n", __func__);
 	return 0;