diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 97dc30a03dbf..8ee1ad2d8c13 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -192,7 +192,11 @@ const __u8 ip_tos2prio[16] = {
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ip_tos2prio);
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct rt_cache_stat, rt_cache_stat);
+#ifndef CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT
 #define RT_CACHE_STAT_INC(field) raw_cpu_inc(rt_cache_stat.field)
+#else
+#define RT_CACHE_STAT_INC(field) this_cpu_inc(rt_cache_stat.field)
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 static void *rt_cache_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)