diff --git a/lib/idr.c b/lib/idr.c
index 0dc7822..2eb1dca 100644
--- a/lib/idr.c
+++ b/lib/idr.c
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@
 	int n;
 	struct idr_layer *p;
 
-	p = rcu_dereference(idp->top);
+	p = rcu_dereference_raw(idp->top);
 	if (!p)
 		return NULL;
 	n = (p->layer+1) * IDR_BITS;
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@
 	while (n > 0 && p) {
 		n -= IDR_BITS;
 		BUG_ON(n != p->layer*IDR_BITS);
-		p = rcu_dereference(p->ary[(id >> n) & IDR_MASK]);
+		p = rcu_dereference_raw(p->ary[(id >> n) & IDR_MASK]);
 	}
 	return((void *)p);
 }
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@
 	struct idr_layer **paa = &pa[0];
 
 	n = idp->layers * IDR_BITS;
-	p = rcu_dereference(idp->top);
+	p = rcu_dereference_raw(idp->top);
 	max = 1 << n;
 
 	id = 0;
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@
 		while (n > 0 && p) {
 			n -= IDR_BITS;
 			*paa++ = p;
-			p = rcu_dereference(p->ary[(id >> n) & IDR_MASK]);
+			p = rcu_dereference_raw(p->ary[(id >> n) & IDR_MASK]);
 		}
 
 		if (p) {