diff --git a/fs/erofs/utils.c b/fs/erofs/utils.c
index 4396b424373f..52d0be10f1aa 100644
--- a/fs/erofs/utils.c
+++ b/fs/erofs/utils.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ static unsigned long erofs_shrink_scan(struct shrinker *shrink,
 		spin_unlock(&erofs_sb_list_lock);
 		sbi->shrinker_run_no = run_no;
 
-		freed += erofs_shrink_workstation(sbi, nr);
+		freed += erofs_shrink_workstation(sbi, nr - freed);
 
 		spin_lock(&erofs_sb_list_lock);
 		/* Get the next list element before we move this one */