diff --git a/include/asm-generic/preempt.h b/include/asm-generic/preempt.h
index 65759d8b0b46..25c09df2c046 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/preempt.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/preempt.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 static __always_inline int preempt_count(void)
 {
-	return READ_ONCE(current_thread_info()->preempt_count);
+	return ACCESS_ONCE(current_thread_info()->preempt_count);
 }
 
 static __always_inline volatile int *preempt_count_ptr(void)
diff --git a/localversion-rt b/localversion-rt
index 595841feef80..30758e0b2242 100644
--- a/localversion-rt
+++ b/localversion-rt
@@ -1 +1 @@
--rt77
+-rt78
