diff --git a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
index fda7d3f5b4be..432c3febea6d 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/ialloc.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ static void ext2_release_inode(struct super_block *sb, int group, int dir)
 	if (dir)
 		le16_add_cpu(&desc->bg_used_dirs_count, -1);
 	spin_unlock(sb_bgl_lock(EXT2_SB(sb), group));
+	percpu_counter_inc(&EXT2_SB(sb)->s_freeinodes_counter);
 	if (dir)
 		percpu_counter_dec(&EXT2_SB(sb)->s_dirs_counter);
 	mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
@@ -528,7 +529,7 @@ struct inode *ext2_new_inode(struct inode *dir, umode_t mode,
 		goto fail;
 	}
 
-	percpu_counter_add(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter, -1);
+	percpu_counter_dec(&sbi->s_freeinodes_counter);
 	if (S_ISDIR(mode))
 		percpu_counter_inc(&sbi->s_dirs_counter);