diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c
index ef8f132bc2ddc..e0eb2de736953 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion.c
@@ -1233,7 +1233,8 @@ static int ion_debug_heap_show(struct seq_file *s, void *unused)
 		total_size += buffer->size;
 		if (!buffer->handle_count) {
 			seq_printf(s, "%16.s %16u %16u %d %d\n", buffer->task_comm,
-				   buffer->pid, buffer->size, buffer->kmap_cnt, buffer->ref);
+				   buffer->pid, buffer->size, buffer->kmap_cnt,
+				   atomic_read(&buffer->ref.refcount));
 			total_orphaned_size += buffer->size;
 		}
 	}