diff --git a/lib/percpu_counter.c b/lib/percpu_counter.c
index 1da85bb1bc07..8280a5dd1727 100644
--- a/lib/percpu_counter.c
+++ b/lib/percpu_counter.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ void __percpu_counter_add(struct percpu_counter *fbc, s64 amount, s32 batch)
 		unsigned long flags;
 		raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&fbc->lock, flags);
 		fbc->count += count;
-		 __this_cpu_sub(*fbc->counters, count);
+		__this_cpu_sub(*fbc->counters, count - amount);
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fbc->lock, flags);
 	} else {
 		this_cpu_add(*fbc->counters, amount);