diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
index 148c6f5bd8cd..ca1621b49453 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-bufio.c
@@ -1486,9 +1486,9 @@ static long __scan(struct dm_bufio_client *c, unsigned long nr_to_scan,
 		list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(b, tmp, &c->lru[l], lru_list) {
 			freed += __cleanup_old_buffer(b, gfp_mask, 0);
 			if (!--nr_to_scan)
-				break;
+				return freed;
+			dm_bufio_cond_resched();
 		}
-		dm_bufio_cond_resched();
 	}
 	return freed;
 }