diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_counter.c b/net/netfilter/nft_counter.c
index f6a02c5071c2..c37983d0a141 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_counter.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_counter.c
@@ -22,27 +22,29 @@ struct nft_counter {
 	u64		packets;
 };
 
-struct nft_counter_percpu {
-	struct nft_counter	counter;
-	struct u64_stats_sync	syncp;
-};
-
 struct nft_counter_percpu_priv {
-	struct nft_counter_percpu __percpu *counter;
+	struct nft_counter __percpu *counter;
 };
 
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(seqcount_t, nft_counter_seq);
+
 static inline void nft_counter_do_eval(struct nft_counter_percpu_priv *priv,
 				       struct nft_regs *regs,
 				       const struct nft_pktinfo *pkt)
 {
-	struct nft_counter_percpu *this_cpu;
+	struct nft_counter *this_cpu;
+	seqcount_t *myseq;
 
 	local_bh_disable();
 	this_cpu = this_cpu_ptr(priv->counter);
-	u64_stats_update_begin(&this_cpu->syncp);
-	this_cpu->counter.bytes += pkt->skb->len;
-	this_cpu->counter.packets++;
-	u64_stats_update_end(&this_cpu->syncp);
+	myseq = this_cpu_ptr(&nft_counter_seq);
+
+	write_seqcount_begin(myseq);
+
+	this_cpu->bytes += pkt->skb->len;
+	this_cpu->packets++;
+
+	write_seqcount_end(myseq);
 	local_bh_enable();
 }
 
@@ -58,21 +60,21 @@ static inline void nft_counter_obj_eval(struct nft_object *obj,
 static int nft_counter_do_init(const struct nlattr * const tb[],
 			       struct nft_counter_percpu_priv *priv)
 {
-	struct nft_counter_percpu __percpu *cpu_stats;
-	struct nft_counter_percpu *this_cpu;
+	struct nft_counter __percpu *cpu_stats;
+	struct nft_counter *this_cpu;
 
-	cpu_stats = netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats(struct nft_counter_percpu);
+	cpu_stats = alloc_percpu(struct nft_counter);
 	if (cpu_stats == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	preempt_disable();
 	this_cpu = this_cpu_ptr(cpu_stats);
 	if (tb[NFTA_COUNTER_PACKETS]) {
-	        this_cpu->counter.packets =
+	        this_cpu->packets =
 			be64_to_cpu(nla_get_be64(tb[NFTA_COUNTER_PACKETS]));
 	}
 	if (tb[NFTA_COUNTER_BYTES]) {
-		this_cpu->counter.bytes =
+		this_cpu->bytes =
 			be64_to_cpu(nla_get_be64(tb[NFTA_COUNTER_BYTES]));
 	}
 	preempt_enable();
@@ -100,74 +102,44 @@ static void nft_counter_obj_destroy(struct nft_object *obj)
 	nft_counter_do_destroy(priv);
 }
 
-static void nft_counter_fetch(struct nft_counter_percpu __percpu *counter,
-			      struct nft_counter *total)
+static void nft_counter_fetch(struct nft_counter_percpu_priv *priv,
+			      struct nft_counter *total, bool reset)
 {
-	struct nft_counter_percpu *cpu_stats;
+	struct nft_counter *this_cpu;
+	const seqcount_t *myseq;
 	u64 bytes, packets;
 	unsigned int seq;
 	int cpu;
 
 	memset(total, 0, sizeof(*total));
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-		cpu_stats = per_cpu_ptr(counter, cpu);
+		myseq = per_cpu_ptr(&nft_counter_seq, cpu);
+		this_cpu = per_cpu_ptr(priv->counter, cpu);
 		do {
-			seq	= u64_stats_fetch_begin_irq(&cpu_stats->syncp);
-			bytes	= cpu_stats->counter.bytes;
-			packets	= cpu_stats->counter.packets;
-		} while (u64_stats_fetch_retry_irq(&cpu_stats->syncp, seq));
-
-		total->packets += packets;
-		total->bytes += bytes;
-	}
-}
-
-static u64 __nft_counter_reset(u64 *counter)
-{
-	u64 ret, old;
-
-	do {
-		old = *counter;
-		ret = cmpxchg64(counter, old, 0);
-	} while (ret != old);
-
-	return ret;
-}
-
-static void nft_counter_reset(struct nft_counter_percpu __percpu *counter,
-			      struct nft_counter *total)
-{
-	struct nft_counter_percpu *cpu_stats;
-	u64 bytes, packets;
-	unsigned int seq;
-	int cpu;
-
-	memset(total, 0, sizeof(*total));
-	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu) {
-		bytes = packets = 0;
-
-		cpu_stats = per_cpu_ptr(counter, cpu);
-		do {
-			seq	= u64_stats_fetch_begin_irq(&cpu_stats->syncp);
-			packets	+= __nft_counter_reset(&cpu_stats->counter.packets);
-			bytes	+= __nft_counter_reset(&cpu_stats->counter.bytes);
-		} while (u64_stats_fetch_retry_irq(&cpu_stats->syncp, seq));
-
-		total->packets += packets;
-		total->bytes += bytes;
+			seq	= read_seqcount_begin(myseq);
+			bytes	= this_cpu->bytes;
+			packets	= this_cpu->packets;
+		} while (read_seqcount_retry(myseq, seq));
+
+		total->bytes	+= bytes;
+		total->packets	+= packets;
+
+		if (reset) {
+			local_bh_disable();
+			this_cpu->packets -= packets;
+			this_cpu->bytes -= bytes;
+			local_bh_enable();
+		}
 	}
 }
 
 static int nft_counter_do_dump(struct sk_buff *skb,
-			       const struct nft_counter_percpu_priv *priv,
+			       struct nft_counter_percpu_priv *priv,
 			       bool reset)
 {
 	struct nft_counter total;
 
-	if (reset)
-		nft_counter_reset(priv->counter, &total);
-	else
-		nft_counter_fetch(priv->counter, &total);
+	nft_counter_fetch(priv, &total, reset);
 
 	if (nla_put_be64(skb, NFTA_COUNTER_BYTES, cpu_to_be64(total.bytes),
 			 NFTA_COUNTER_PAD) ||
@@ -216,7 +188,7 @@ static void nft_counter_eval(const struct nft_expr *expr,
 
 static int nft_counter_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nft_expr *expr)
 {
-	const struct nft_counter_percpu_priv *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
+	struct nft_counter_percpu_priv *priv = nft_expr_priv(expr);
 
 	return nft_counter_do_dump(skb, priv, false);
 }
@@ -242,21 +214,20 @@ static int nft_counter_clone(struct nft_expr *dst, const struct nft_expr *src)
 {
 	struct nft_counter_percpu_priv *priv = nft_expr_priv(src);
 	struct nft_counter_percpu_priv *priv_clone = nft_expr_priv(dst);
-	struct nft_counter_percpu __percpu *cpu_stats;
-	struct nft_counter_percpu *this_cpu;
+	struct nft_counter __percpu *cpu_stats;
+	struct nft_counter *this_cpu;
 	struct nft_counter total;
 
-	nft_counter_fetch(priv->counter, &total);
+	nft_counter_fetch(priv, &total, false);
 
-	cpu_stats = __netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats(struct nft_counter_percpu,
-					      GFP_ATOMIC);
+	cpu_stats = alloc_percpu_gfp(struct nft_counter, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (cpu_stats == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	preempt_disable();
 	this_cpu = this_cpu_ptr(cpu_stats);
-	this_cpu->counter.packets = total.packets;
-	this_cpu->counter.bytes = total.bytes;
+	this_cpu->packets = total.packets;
+	this_cpu->bytes = total.bytes;
 	preempt_enable();
 
 	priv_clone->counter = cpu_stats;
@@ -285,7 +256,10 @@ static struct nft_expr_type nft_counter_type __read_mostly = {
 
 static int __init nft_counter_module_init(void)
 {
-	int err;
+	int cpu, err;
+
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
+		seqcount_init(per_cpu_ptr(&nft_counter_seq, cpu));
 
 	err = nft_register_obj(&nft_counter_obj);
 	if (err < 0)
