diff --git a/arch/i386/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/i386/mm/pgtable.c
index aa211dcddb080e24c52cc30f6a215441676a6aca..5e735ff90e8abf5ee1e6ad546fa38f0f55982672 100644
--- a/arch/i386/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/i386/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ void show_mem(void)
 	struct page *page;
 	pg_data_t *pgdat;
 	unsigned long i;
-	struct page_state ps;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO "Mem-info:\n");
@@ -58,9 +57,9 @@ void show_mem(void)
 	printk(KERN_INFO "%d pages shared\n", shared);
 	printk(KERN_INFO "%d pages swap cached\n", cached);
 
-	get_page_state(&ps);
 	printk(KERN_INFO "%lu pages dirty\n", global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY));
-	printk(KERN_INFO "%lu pages writeback\n", ps.nr_writeback);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "%lu pages writeback\n",
+					global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK));
 	printk(KERN_INFO "%lu pages mapped\n", global_page_state(NR_FILE_MAPPED));
 	printk(KERN_INFO "%lu pages slab\n", global_page_state(NR_SLAB));
 	printk(KERN_INFO "%lu pages pagetables\n",
diff --git a/drivers/base/node.c b/drivers/base/node.c
index 6fed520d00f4c8ed5d1ceac712070f4ccfd3f3da..a7b3dcbbdfc9a6e909afbd17c535a1dabb01aece 100644
--- a/drivers/base/node.c
+++ b/drivers/base/node.c
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ static ssize_t node_read_meminfo(struct sys_device * dev, char * buf)
 	get_page_state_node(&ps, nid);
 	__get_zone_counts(&active, &inactive, &free, NODE_DATA(nid));
 
-	/* Check for negative values in these approximate counters */
-	if ((long)ps.nr_writeback < 0)
-		ps.nr_writeback = 0;
 
 	n = sprintf(buf, "\n"
 		       "Node %d MemTotal:     %8lu kB\n"
@@ -80,7 +77,7 @@ static ssize_t node_read_meminfo(struct sys_device * dev, char * buf)
 		       nid, K(i.totalram - i.totalhigh),
 		       nid, K(i.freeram - i.freehigh),
 		       nid, K(node_page_state(nid, NR_FILE_DIRTY)),
-		       nid, K(ps.nr_writeback),
+		       nid, K(node_page_state(nid, NR_WRITEBACK)),
 		       nid, K(node_page_state(nid, NR_FILE_PAGES)),
 		       nid, K(node_page_state(nid, NR_FILE_MAPPED)),
 		       nid, K(node_page_state(nid, NR_ANON_PAGES)),
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
index e23717dec3c1b203a4da49e12f3612ddbefc71a2..48cb35862445be22ca9e8698f423c68af88649b2 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_misc.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ static int meminfo_read_proc(char *page, char **start, off_t off,
 		K(i.totalswap),
 		K(i.freeswap),
 		K(global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY)),
-		K(ps.nr_writeback),
+		K(global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK)),
 		K(global_page_state(NR_ANON_PAGES)),
 		K(global_page_state(NR_FILE_MAPPED)),
 		K(global_page_state(NR_SLAB)),
diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 1cc8412ac26406d1d6b4e2c552a045b15813ac6c..885cc9727001cc93c692fd039de81c2b0c126b82 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ enum zone_stat_item {
 	NR_SLAB,	/* Pages used by slab allocator */
 	NR_PAGETABLE,	/* used for pagetables */
 	NR_FILE_DIRTY,
+	NR_WRITEBACK,
 	NR_VM_ZONE_STAT_ITEMS };
 
 struct per_cpu_pages {
diff --git a/include/linux/page-flags.h b/include/linux/page-flags.h
index ff235c4b79ea620dcc4ed56277b059d4d5a2312a..5748642e9f3660790652efdd7488ef7d42efe44f 100644
--- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
+++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
 	do {								\
 		if (!test_and_set_bit(PG_writeback,			\
 				&(page)->flags))			\
-			inc_page_state(nr_writeback);			\
+			inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITEBACK);	\
 	} while (0)
 #define TestSetPageWriteback(page)					\
 	({								\
@@ -189,14 +189,14 @@
 		ret = test_and_set_bit(PG_writeback,			\
 					&(page)->flags);		\
 		if (!ret)						\
-			inc_page_state(nr_writeback);			\
+			inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITEBACK);	\
 		ret;							\
 	})
 #define ClearPageWriteback(page)					\
 	do {								\
 		if (test_and_clear_bit(PG_writeback,			\
 				&(page)->flags))			\
-			dec_page_state(nr_writeback);			\
+			dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITEBACK);	\
 	} while (0)
 #define TestClearPageWriteback(page)					\
 	({								\
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
 		ret = test_and_clear_bit(PG_writeback,			\
 				&(page)->flags);			\
 		if (ret)						\
-			dec_page_state(nr_writeback);			\
+			dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITEBACK);	\
 		ret;							\
 	})
 
diff --git a/include/linux/vmstat.h b/include/linux/vmstat.h
index b323ea2c6260b705506fa204cf7bfb0b0e3d5127..60c2e0382ceb2fa96ec05d5eda11807062a5c82a 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmstat.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmstat.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
  * commented here.
  */
 struct page_state {
-	unsigned long nr_writeback;	/* Pages under writeback */
 	unsigned long nr_unstable;	/* NFS unstable pages */
 #define GET_PAGE_STATE_LAST nr_unstable
 
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index da85478300986120ced2ca8fe42afcd89617fed5..3cfdff4b1985fed98bc1b0f9c7f9df4c899a0b3e 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static void get_writeback_state(struct writeback_state *wbs)
 	wbs->nr_unstable = read_page_state(nr_unstable);
 	wbs->nr_mapped = global_page_state(NR_FILE_MAPPED) +
 				global_page_state(NR_ANON_PAGES);
-	wbs->nr_writeback = read_page_state(nr_writeback);
+	wbs->nr_writeback = global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index c2b9aa4acc46b5eb2889741268143b53fc839acc..a12e894a8bca83e2d13e06fc50ce22c86180350b 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1315,7 +1315,7 @@ void show_free_areas(void)
 		active,
 		inactive,
 		global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY),
-		ps.nr_writeback,
+		global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK),
 		ps.nr_unstable,
 		nr_free_pages(),
 		global_page_state(NR_SLAB),
diff --git a/mm/vmstat.c b/mm/vmstat.c
index 1982fb533a40392fa4b3d2cdc33530be201c1c8e..e84c7e520a1dca3f63108d2770ede0d4e469bfe2 100644
--- a/mm/vmstat.c
+++ b/mm/vmstat.c
@@ -401,9 +401,9 @@ static char *vmstat_text[] = {
 	"nr_slab",
 	"nr_page_table_pages",
 	"nr_dirty",
+	"nr_writeback",
 
 	/* Page state */
-	"nr_writeback",
 	"nr_unstable",
 
 	"pgpgin",