diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/ifile.c b/fs/nilfs2/ifile.c
index d788a5928351..6548c7851b48 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/ifile.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/ifile.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ int nilfs_ifile_count_free_inodes(struct inode *ifile,
 	*nmaxinodes = 0;
 	*nfreeinodes = 0;
 
-	nused = atomic_read(&NILFS_I(ifile)->i_root->inodes_count);
+	nused = atomic64_read(&NILFS_I(ifile)->i_root->inodes_count);
 	err = nilfs_palloc_count_max_entries(ifile, nused, nmaxinodes);
 	if (likely(!err))
 		*nfreeinodes = *nmaxinodes - nused;
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index bccfec8343c5..b1a5277cfd18 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ void nilfs_inode_add_blocks(struct inode *inode, int n)
 
 	inode_add_bytes(inode, (1 << inode->i_blkbits) * n);
 	if (root)
-		atomic_add(n, &root->blocks_count);
+		atomic64_add(n, &root->blocks_count);
 }
 
 void nilfs_inode_sub_blocks(struct inode *inode, int n)
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void nilfs_inode_sub_blocks(struct inode *inode, int n)
 
 	inode_sub_bytes(inode, (1 << inode->i_blkbits) * n);
 	if (root)
-		atomic_sub(n, &root->blocks_count);
+		atomic64_sub(n, &root->blocks_count);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ struct inode *nilfs_new_inode(struct inode *dir, umode_t mode)
 		goto failed_ifile_create_inode;
 	/* reference count of i_bh inherits from nilfs_mdt_read_block() */
 
-	atomic_inc(&root->inodes_count);
+	atomic64_inc(&root->inodes_count);
 	inode_init_owner(inode, dir, mode);
 	inode->i_ino = ino;
 	inode->i_mtime = inode->i_atime = inode->i_ctime = CURRENT_TIME;
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ void nilfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 
 	ret = nilfs_ifile_delete_inode(ii->i_root->ifile, inode->i_ino);
 	if (!ret)
-		atomic_dec(&ii->i_root->inodes_count);
+		atomic64_dec(&ii->i_root->inodes_count);
 
 	nilfs_clear_inode(inode);
 
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
index a5752a589932..bd88a7461063 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segment.c
@@ -835,9 +835,9 @@ static int nilfs_segctor_fill_in_checkpoint(struct nilfs_sc_info *sci)
 	raw_cp->cp_snapshot_list.ssl_next = 0;
 	raw_cp->cp_snapshot_list.ssl_prev = 0;
 	raw_cp->cp_inodes_count =
-		cpu_to_le64(atomic_read(&sci->sc_root->inodes_count));
+		cpu_to_le64(atomic64_read(&sci->sc_root->inodes_count));
 	raw_cp->cp_blocks_count =
-		cpu_to_le64(atomic_read(&sci->sc_root->blocks_count));
+		cpu_to_le64(atomic64_read(&sci->sc_root->blocks_count));
 	raw_cp->cp_nblk_inc =
 		cpu_to_le64(sci->sc_nblk_inc + sci->sc_nblk_this_inc);
 	raw_cp->cp_create = cpu_to_le64(sci->sc_seg_ctime);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/super.c b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
index 7d257e78fbad..1427de5ebf4d 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/super.c
@@ -554,8 +554,10 @@ int nilfs_attach_checkpoint(struct super_block *sb, __u64 cno, int curr_mnt,
 	if (err)
 		goto failed_bh;
 
-	atomic_set(&root->inodes_count, le64_to_cpu(raw_cp->cp_inodes_count));
-	atomic_set(&root->blocks_count, le64_to_cpu(raw_cp->cp_blocks_count));
+	atomic64_set(&root->inodes_count,
+			le64_to_cpu(raw_cp->cp_inodes_count));
+	atomic64_set(&root->blocks_count,
+			le64_to_cpu(raw_cp->cp_blocks_count));
 
 	nilfs_cpfile_put_checkpoint(nilfs->ns_cpfile, cno, bh_cp);
 
@@ -647,7 +649,7 @@ static int nilfs_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
 			 * curent inodes count as maximum possible and
 			 * zero as free inodes value.
 			 */
-			nmaxinodes = atomic_read(&root->inodes_count);
+			nmaxinodes = atomic64_read(&root->inodes_count);
 			nfreeinodes = 0;
 			err = 0;
 		} else
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
index 41e6a04a561f..94c451ce6d24 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
@@ -764,8 +764,8 @@ nilfs_find_or_create_root(struct the_nilfs *nilfs, __u64 cno)
 	new->ifile = NULL;
 	new->nilfs = nilfs;
 	atomic_set(&new->count, 1);
-	atomic_set(&new->inodes_count, 0);
-	atomic_set(&new->blocks_count, 0);
+	atomic64_set(&new->inodes_count, 0);
+	atomic64_set(&new->blocks_count, 0);
 
 	rb_link_node(&new->rb_node, parent, p);
 	rb_insert_color(&new->rb_node, &nilfs->ns_cptree);
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.h b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.h
index be1267a34cea..de8cc53b4a5c 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.h
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.h
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ struct nilfs_root {
 	struct the_nilfs *nilfs;
 	struct inode *ifile;
 
-	atomic_t inodes_count;
-	atomic_t blocks_count;
+	atomic64_t inodes_count;
+	atomic64_t blocks_count;
 };
 
 /* Special checkpoint number */