1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext3/balloc.c b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
index df575673e02d..d3758ee9cb5b 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/balloc.c
@@ -1633,7 +1633,7 @@ allocated:
         gdp->bg_free_blocks_count =
                         cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(gdp->bg_free_blocks_count)-num);
         spin_unlock(sb_bgl_lock(sbi, group_no));
-        percpu_counter_add(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter, -num);
+        percpu_counter_sub(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter, num);
 
         BUFFER_TRACE(gdp_bh, "journal_dirty_metadata for group descriptor");
         err = ext3_journal_dirty_metadata(handle, gdp_bh);