diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 1b4bb88c3547..65e216ca6ca6 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@ static ssize_t msg_print_ext_body(char *buf, size_t size,
 
 /* /dev/kmsg - userspace message inject/listen interface */
 struct devkmsg_user {
-	u64 seq;
+	atomic64_t seq;
 	struct ratelimit_state rs;
 	struct mutex lock;
 	char buf[CONSOLE_EXT_LOG_MAX];
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ static ssize_t devkmsg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 		return ret;
 
 	logbuf_lock_irq();
-	if (!prb_read_valid(prb, user->seq, r)) {
+	if (!prb_read_valid(prb, atomic64_read(&user->seq), r)) {
 		if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
 			ret = -EAGAIN;
 			logbuf_unlock_irq();
@@ -772,15 +772,15 @@ static ssize_t devkmsg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 
 		logbuf_unlock_irq();
 		ret = wait_event_interruptible(log_wait,
-					prb_read_valid(prb, user->seq, r));
+				prb_read_valid(prb, atomic64_read(&user->seq), r));
 		if (ret)
 			goto out;
 		logbuf_lock_irq();
 	}
 
-	if (r->info->seq != user->seq) {
+	if (r->info->seq != atomic64_read(&user->seq)) {
 		/* our last seen message is gone, return error and reset */
-		user->seq = r->info->seq;
+		atomic64_set(&user->seq, r->info->seq);
 		ret = -EPIPE;
 		logbuf_unlock_irq();
 		goto out;
@@ -791,7 +791,7 @@ static ssize_t devkmsg_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 				  &r->text_buf[0], r->info->text_len,
 				  &r->info->dev_info);
 
-	user->seq = r->info->seq + 1;
+	atomic64_set(&user->seq, r->info->seq + 1);
 	logbuf_unlock_irq();
 
 	if (len > count) {
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ static loff_t devkmsg_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 	switch (whence) {
 	case SEEK_SET:
 		/* the first record */
-		user->seq = prb_first_valid_seq(prb);
+		atomic64_set(&user->seq, prb_first_valid_seq(prb));
 		break;
 	case SEEK_DATA:
 		/*
@@ -839,11 +839,11 @@ static loff_t devkmsg_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 		 * like issued by 'dmesg -c'. Reading /dev/kmsg itself
 		 * changes no global state, and does not clear anything.
 		 */
-		user->seq = latched_seq_read_nolock(&clear_seq);
+		atomic64_set(&user->seq, latched_seq_read_nolock(&clear_seq));
 		break;
 	case SEEK_END:
 		/* after the last record */
-		user->seq = prb_next_seq(prb);
+		atomic64_set(&user->seq, prb_next_seq(prb));
 		break;
 	default:
 		ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -864,9 +864,9 @@ static __poll_t devkmsg_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)
 	poll_wait(file, &log_wait, wait);
 
 	logbuf_lock_irq();
-	if (prb_read_valid_info(prb, user->seq, &info, NULL)) {
+	if (prb_read_valid_info(prb, atomic64_read(&user->seq), &info, NULL)) {
 		/* return error when data has vanished underneath us */
-		if (info.seq != user->seq)
+		if (info.seq != atomic64_read(&user->seq))
 			ret = EPOLLIN|EPOLLRDNORM|EPOLLERR|EPOLLPRI;
 		else
 			ret = EPOLLIN|EPOLLRDNORM;
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ static int devkmsg_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 			&user->text_buf[0], sizeof(user->text_buf));
 
 	logbuf_lock_irq();
-	user->seq = prb_first_valid_seq(prb);
+	atomic64_set(&user->seq, prb_first_valid_seq(prb));
 	logbuf_unlock_irq();
 
 	file->private_data = user;