diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index d379b782fc83..a505a828ef41 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3762,7 +3762,7 @@ static int any_slab_objects(struct kmem_cache *s)
 		if (!n)
 			continue;
 
-		if (atomic_read(&n->total_objects))
+		if (atomic_long_read(&n->total_objects))
 			return 1;
 	}
 	return 0;