diff --git a/lib/percpu_counter.c b/lib/percpu_counter.c
index 7473ee3b4ee7..1da85bb1bc07 100644
--- a/lib/percpu_counter.c
+++ b/lib/percpu_counter.c
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ 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);
 		raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fbc->lock, flags);
-		__this_cpu_write(*fbc->counters, 0);
 	} else {
-		__this_cpu_write(*fbc->counters, count);
+		this_cpu_add(*fbc->counters, amount);
 	}
 	preempt_enable();
 }