diff --git a/fs/netfs/output.c b/fs/netfs/output.c
index 625eb68f3e5ad50f89848e197ac011cae515fe56..fbdbb4f78234262bb1100f0de1b812421fd86461 100644
--- a/fs/netfs/output.c
+++ b/fs/netfs/output.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ struct netfs_io_subrequest *netfs_create_write_request(struct netfs_io_request *
 		subreq->source	= dest;
 		subreq->start	= start;
 		subreq->len	= len;
-		subreq->debug_index = wreq->subreq_counter++;
+		subreq->debug_index = atomic_inc_return(&wreq->subreq_counter);
 
 		switch (subreq->source) {
 		case NETFS_UPLOAD_TO_SERVER:
diff --git a/include/linux/netfs.h b/include/linux/netfs.h
index f36a6d8163d152859b317a1eb956583a176529f1..ddafc6ebff42f136ebd764094222c86d0d821c7a 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfs.h
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ struct netfs_io_request {
 	unsigned int		debug_id;
 	unsigned int		rsize;		/* Maximum read size (0 for none) */
 	unsigned int		wsize;		/* Maximum write size (0 for none) */
-	unsigned int		subreq_counter;	/* Next subreq->debug_index */
+	atomic_t		subreq_counter;	/* Next subreq->debug_index */
 	atomic_t		nr_outstanding;	/* Number of ops in progress */
 	atomic_t		nr_copy_ops;	/* Number of copy-to-cache ops in progress */
 	size_t			submitted;	/* Amount submitted for I/O so far */