diff --git a/package/platform/lantiq/ltq-atm/src/ltq_atm.c b/package/platform/lantiq/ltq-atm/src/ltq_atm.c
index ff4bbfcea4..dcdb0a9c87 100644
--- a/package/platform/lantiq/ltq-atm/src/ltq_atm.c
+++ b/package/platform/lantiq/ltq-atm/src/ltq_atm.c
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ struct sk_buff* atm_alloc_tx(struct atm_vcc *vcc, unsigned int size)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	/*  send buffer overflow    */
-	if ( atomic_read(&sk_atm(vcc)->sk_wmem_alloc) && !atm_may_send(vcc, size) ) {
+	if ( sk_wmem_alloc_get(sk_atm(vcc)) && !atm_may_send(vcc, size) ) {
 		pr_err("atm_alloc_tx: send buffer overflow\n");
 		return NULL;
 	}