diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.h b/drivers/scsi/sd.h
index 43d3caf..f81a930 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sd.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.h
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 	struct scsi_device *device;
 	struct device	dev;
 	struct gendisk	*disk;
-	unsigned int	openers;	/* protected by BKL for now, yuck */
+	atomic_t	openers;
 	sector_t	capacity;	/* size in 512-byte sectors */
 	u32		index;
 	unsigned short	hw_sector_size;