diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c b/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
index b07ba2a..9304c45 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/buffer_sync.c
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@
  */
 void sync_buffer(int cpu)
 {
-	struct oprofile_cpu_buffer * cpu_buf = &cpu_buffer[cpu];
+	struct oprofile_cpu_buffer *cpu_buf = &per_cpu(cpu_buffer, cpu);
 	struct mm_struct *mm = NULL;
 	struct task_struct * new;
 	unsigned long cookie = 0;