diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index 4296d13..6582b82 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1092,7 +1092,7 @@
 static void call_timer_fn(struct timer_list *timer, void (*fn)(unsigned long),
 			  unsigned long data)
 {
-	int preempt_count = preempt_count();
+	int count = preempt_count();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_LOCKDEP
 	/*
@@ -1119,16 +1119,16 @@
 
 	lock_map_release(&lockdep_map);
 
-	if (preempt_count != preempt_count()) {
+	if (count != preempt_count()) {
 		WARN_ONCE(1, "timer: %pF preempt leak: %08x -> %08x\n",
-			  fn, preempt_count, preempt_count());
+			  fn, count, preempt_count());
 		/*
 		 * Restore the preempt count. That gives us a decent
 		 * chance to survive and extract information. If the
 		 * callback kept a lock held, bad luck, but not worse
 		 * than the BUG() we had.
 		 */
-		preempt_count() = preempt_count;
+		preempt_count_set(count);
 	}
 }