diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h b/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
index bfdeb0d48e21..b62a4ee6d6ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu-refcount.h
@@ -88,10 +88,25 @@ static inline void percpu_ref_kill(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 	return percpu_ref_kill_and_confirm(ref, NULL);
 }
 
-#define PCPU_REF_PTR		0
 #define PCPU_REF_DEAD		1
 
-#define REF_STATUS(count)	(((unsigned long) count) & PCPU_REF_DEAD)
+/*
+ * Internal helper.  Don't use outside percpu-refcount proper.  The
+ * function doesn't return the pointer and let the caller test it for NULL
+ * because doing so forces the compiler to generate two conditional
+ * branches as it can't assume that @ref->pcpu_count is not NULL.
+ */
+static inline bool __pcpu_ref_alive(struct percpu_ref *ref,
+				    unsigned __percpu **pcpu_countp)
+{
+	unsigned long pcpu_ptr = (unsigned long)ACCESS_ONCE(ref->pcpu_count);
+
+	if (unlikely(pcpu_ptr & PCPU_REF_DEAD))
+		return false;
+
+	*pcpu_countp = (unsigned __percpu *)pcpu_ptr;
+	return true;
+}
 
 /**
  * percpu_ref_get - increment a percpu refcount
@@ -105,9 +120,7 @@ static inline void percpu_ref_get(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 
 	rcu_read_lock_sched();
 
-	pcpu_count = ACCESS_ONCE(ref->pcpu_count);
-
-	if (likely(REF_STATUS(pcpu_count) == PCPU_REF_PTR))
+	if (__pcpu_ref_alive(ref, &pcpu_count))
 		this_cpu_inc(*pcpu_count);
 	else
 		atomic_inc(&ref->count);
@@ -131,9 +144,7 @@ static inline bool percpu_ref_tryget(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 
 	rcu_read_lock_sched();
 
-	pcpu_count = ACCESS_ONCE(ref->pcpu_count);
-
-	if (likely(REF_STATUS(pcpu_count) == PCPU_REF_PTR)) {
+	if (__pcpu_ref_alive(ref, &pcpu_count)) {
 		this_cpu_inc(*pcpu_count);
 		ret = true;
 	} else {
@@ -166,9 +177,7 @@ static inline bool percpu_ref_tryget_live(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 
 	rcu_read_lock_sched();
 
-	pcpu_count = ACCESS_ONCE(ref->pcpu_count);
-
-	if (likely(REF_STATUS(pcpu_count) == PCPU_REF_PTR)) {
+	if (__pcpu_ref_alive(ref, &pcpu_count)) {
 		this_cpu_inc(*pcpu_count);
 		ret = true;
 	}
@@ -191,9 +200,7 @@ static inline void percpu_ref_put(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 
 	rcu_read_lock_sched();
 
-	pcpu_count = ACCESS_ONCE(ref->pcpu_count);
-
-	if (likely(REF_STATUS(pcpu_count) == PCPU_REF_PTR))
+	if (__pcpu_ref_alive(ref, &pcpu_count))
 		this_cpu_dec(*pcpu_count);
 	else if (unlikely(atomic_dec_and_test(&ref->count)))
 		ref->release(ref);
diff --git a/lib/percpu-refcount.c b/lib/percpu-refcount.c
index 17bce2bccc14..087f1a04f9bc 100644
--- a/lib/percpu-refcount.c
+++ b/lib/percpu-refcount.c
@@ -31,6 +31,11 @@
 
 #define PCPU_COUNT_BIAS		(1U << 31)
 
+static unsigned __percpu *pcpu_count_ptr(struct percpu_ref *ref)
+{
+	return (unsigned __percpu *)((unsigned long)ref->pcpu_count & ~PCPU_REF_DEAD);
+}
+
 /**
  * percpu_ref_init - initialize a percpu refcount
  * @ref: percpu_ref to initialize
@@ -74,7 +79,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(percpu_ref_init);
  */
 void percpu_ref_cancel_init(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 {
-	unsigned __percpu *pcpu_count = ref->pcpu_count;
+	unsigned __percpu *pcpu_count = pcpu_count_ptr(ref);
 	int cpu;
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&ref->count) != 1 + PCPU_COUNT_BIAS);
@@ -82,7 +87,7 @@ void percpu_ref_cancel_init(struct percpu_ref *ref)
 	if (pcpu_count) {
 		for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(*per_cpu_ptr(pcpu_count, cpu));
-		free_percpu(ref->pcpu_count);
+		free_percpu(pcpu_count);
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(percpu_ref_cancel_init);
@@ -90,14 +95,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(percpu_ref_cancel_init);
 static void percpu_ref_kill_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
 {
 	struct percpu_ref *ref = container_of(rcu, struct percpu_ref, rcu);
-	unsigned __percpu *pcpu_count = ref->pcpu_count;
+	unsigned __percpu *pcpu_count = pcpu_count_ptr(ref);
 	unsigned count = 0;
 	int cpu;
 
-	/* Mask out PCPU_REF_DEAD */
-	pcpu_count = (unsigned __percpu *)
-		(((unsigned long) pcpu_count) & ~PCPU_REF_DEAD);
-
 	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
 		count += *per_cpu_ptr(pcpu_count, cpu);
 
@@ -152,7 +153,7 @@ static void percpu_ref_kill_rcu(struct rcu_head *rcu)
 void percpu_ref_kill_and_confirm(struct percpu_ref *ref,
 				 percpu_ref_func_t *confirm_kill)
 {
-	WARN_ONCE(REF_STATUS(ref->pcpu_count) == PCPU_REF_DEAD,
+	WARN_ONCE((unsigned long)ref->pcpu_count & PCPU_REF_DEAD,
 		  "percpu_ref_kill() called more than once!\n");
 
 	ref->pcpu_count = (unsigned __percpu *)