diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/cc/pin.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/cc/pin.c
index 9159745fb08..6a0d6758caf 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/cc/pin.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/cc/pin.c
@@ -185,10 +185,8 @@ CcPinRead (
             ASSERT(iBcb->Pinned == FALSE);
 
             iBcb->Pinned = TRUE;
-            if (InterlockedIncrement(&iBcb->Vacb->PinCount) == 1)
-            {
-                CcRosReleaseVacbLock(iBcb->Vacb);
-            }
+            iBcb->Vacb->PinCount++;
+            CcRosReleaseVacbLock(iBcb->Vacb);
 
             if (Flags & PIN_EXCLUSIVE)
             {
@@ -281,10 +279,8 @@ CcUnpinDataForThread (
     {
         ExReleaseResourceForThreadLite(&iBcb->Lock, ResourceThreadId);
         iBcb->Pinned = FALSE;
-        if (InterlockedDecrement(&iBcb->Vacb->PinCount) == 0)
-        {
-            CcRosAcquireVacbLock(iBcb->Vacb, NULL);
-        }
+        CcRosAcquireVacbLock(iBcb->Vacb, NULL);
+        iBcb->Vacb->PinCount--;
     }
 
     CcRosReleaseVacb(iBcb->Vacb->SharedCacheMap,
@@ -355,10 +351,8 @@ CcUnpinRepinnedBcb (
         {
             ExReleaseResourceLite(&iBcb->Lock);
             iBcb->Pinned = FALSE;
-            if (InterlockedDecrement(&iBcb->Vacb->PinCount) == 0)
-            {
-                CcRosAcquireVacbLock(iBcb->Vacb, NULL);
-            }
+            CcRosAcquireVacbLock(iBcb->Vacb, NULL);
+            iBcb->Vacb->PinCount--;
         }
         ExDeleteResourceLite(&iBcb->Lock);
         ExFreeToNPagedLookasideList(&iBcbLookasideList, iBcb);
diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/cc/view.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/cc/view.c
index 825dffec46e..295471d8ebc 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/cc/view.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/cc/view.c
@@ -422,10 +422,7 @@ CcRosReleaseVacb (
 
     KeReleaseSpinLock(&SharedCacheMap->CacheMapLock, oldIrql);
     KeReleaseGuardedMutex(&ViewLock);
-    if (InterlockedCompareExchange(&Vacb->PinCount, 0, 0) == 0)
-    {
-        CcRosReleaseVacbLock(Vacb);
-    }
+    CcRosReleaseVacbLock(Vacb);
 
     return STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }
@@ -462,10 +459,7 @@ CcRosLookupVacb (
             CcRosVacbIncRefCount(current);
             KeReleaseSpinLock(&SharedCacheMap->CacheMapLock, oldIrql);
             KeReleaseGuardedMutex(&ViewLock);
-            if (InterlockedCompareExchange(&current->PinCount, 0, 0) == 0)
-            {
-                CcRosAcquireVacbLock(current, NULL);
-            }
+            CcRosAcquireVacbLock(current, NULL);
             return current;
         }
         if (current->FileOffset.QuadPart > FileOffset)
@@ -712,10 +706,7 @@ CcRosCreateVacb (
             KeReleaseGuardedMutex(&ViewLock);
             ExFreeToNPagedLookasideList(&VacbLookasideList, *Vacb);
             *Vacb = current;
-            if (InterlockedCompareExchange(&current->PinCount, 0, 0) == 0)
-            {
-                CcRosAcquireVacbLock(current, NULL);
-            }
+            CcRosAcquireVacbLock(current, NULL);
             return STATUS_SUCCESS;
         }
         if (current->FileOffset.QuadPart < FileOffset)
@@ -945,10 +936,7 @@ CcFlushCache (
                     }
                 }
 
-                if (InterlockedCompareExchange(&current->PinCount, 0, 0) == 0)
-                {
-                    CcRosReleaseVacbLock(current);
-                }
+                CcRosReleaseVacbLock(current);
 
                 KeAcquireGuardedMutex(&ViewLock);
                 KeAcquireSpinLock(&SharedCacheMap->CacheMapLock, &oldIrql);
diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/include/internal/cc.h b/reactos/ntoskrnl/include/internal/cc.h
index 40bd6bd3e33..9004041ad73 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/include/internal/cc.h
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/include/internal/cc.h
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@ typedef struct _ROS_VACB
     /* Number of references. */
     ULONG ReferenceCount;
     /* How many times was it pinned? */
-    volatile LONG PinCount;
+    _Guarded_by_(Mutex)
+    LONG PinCount;
     /* Pointer to the shared cache map for the file which this view maps data for. */
     PROS_SHARED_CACHE_MAP SharedCacheMap;
     /* Pointer to the next VACB in a chain. */