diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/atomic.h
index 446881439675..6fcc9a081e4c 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 #include <asm/system.h>
 
 
-#define ATOMIC_INIT(i)		((atomic_t) { (i) })
-#define ATOMIC64_INIT(i)	((atomic64_t) { (i) })
+#define ATOMIC_INIT(i)		{ (i) }
+#define ATOMIC64_INIT(i)	{ (i) }
 
 #define atomic_read(v)		(*(volatile int *)&(v)->counter)
 #define atomic64_read(v)	(*(volatile long *)&(v)->counter)
diff --git a/drivers/char/mspec.c b/drivers/char/mspec.c
index 25d139c9dbed..579051ce8545 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mspec.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mspec.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ mspec_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	vdata->flags = flags;
 	vdata->type = type;
 	spin_lock_init(&vdata->lock);
-	vdata->refcnt = ATOMIC_INIT(1);
+	atomic_set(&vdata->refcnt, 1);
 	vma->vm_private_data = vdata;
 
 	vma->vm_flags |= (VM_IO | VM_RESERVED | VM_PFNMAP | VM_DONTEXPAND);