prepare_to_wait(&s->waitq, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
                /* New buffers might have become available before we were added
                   to the waitqueue */
-               if (!s->q_full.buffers)
+               if (!atomic_read(&s->q_full.buffers))
                        schedule();
                finish_wait(&s->waitq, &wait);
                if (signal_pending(current)) {
        CX18_DEBUG_HI_FILE("Encoder poll\n");
        poll_wait(filp, &s->waitq, wait);
 
-       if (s->q_full.buffers || s->q_io.buffers)
+       if (atomic_read(&s->q_full.buffers) || atomic_read(&s->q_io.buffers))
                return POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
        if (eof)
                return POLLHUP;
 
                        continue;
                CX18_INFO("Stream %s: status 0x%04lx, %d%% of %d KiB (%d buffers) in use\n",
                          s->name, s->s_flags,
-                         (s->buffers - s->q_free.buffers) * 100 / s->buffers,
+                         (s->buffers - atomic_read(&s->q_free.buffers))
+                               * 100 / s->buffers,
                          (s->buffers * s->buf_size) / 1024, s->buffers);
        }
        CX18_INFO("Read MPEG/VBI: %lld/%lld bytes\n",
 
 void cx18_queue_init(struct cx18_queue *q)
 {
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&q->list);
-       q->buffers = 0;
+       atomic_set(&q->buffers, 0);
        q->bytesused = 0;
 }
 
        }
        spin_lock_irqsave(&s->qlock, flags);
        list_add_tail(&buf->list, &q->list);
-       q->buffers++;
+       atomic_inc(&q->buffers);
        q->bytesused += buf->bytesused - buf->readpos;
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&s->qlock, flags);
 }
        if (!list_empty(&q->list)) {
                buf = list_entry(q->list.next, struct cx18_buffer, list);
                list_del_init(q->list.next);
-               q->buffers--;
+               atomic_dec(&q->buffers);
                q->bytesused -= buf->bytesused - buf->readpos;
        }
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&s->qlock, flags);
                /* the transport buffers are handled differently,
                   they are not moved to the full queue */
                if (s->type != CX18_ENC_STREAM_TYPE_TS) {
-                       s->q_free.buffers--;
-                       s->q_full.buffers++;
+                       atomic_dec(&s->q_free.buffers);
+                       atomic_inc(&s->q_full.buffers);
                        s->q_full.bytesused += buf->bytesused;
                        list_move_tail(&buf->list, &s->q_full.list);
                }
                buf = list_entry(q->list.next, struct cx18_buffer, list);
                list_move_tail(q->list.next, &s->q_free.list);
                buf->bytesused = buf->readpos = buf->b_flags = 0;
-               s->q_free.buffers++;
+               atomic_inc(&s->q_free.buffers);
        }
        cx18_queue_init(q);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&s->qlock, flags);