diff --git a/fs/ext4/balloc.c b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
index 25f63d8c1b3d..6369bacf0dcb 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/balloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/balloc.c
@@ -1621,7 +1621,7 @@ ext4_fsblk_t ext4_has_free_blocks(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi,
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	if (free_blocks - root_blocks < FBC_BATCH)
 		free_blocks =
-			percpu_counter_sum_positive(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter);
+			percpu_counter_sum_and_set(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter);
 #endif
 	if (free_blocks - root_blocks < nblocks)
 		return free_blocks - root_blocks;
diff --git a/include/linux/percpu_counter.h b/include/linux/percpu_counter.h
index 9007ccdfc112..208388835357 100644
--- a/include/linux/percpu_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/percpu_counter.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ int percpu_counter_init_irq(struct percpu_counter *fbc, s64 amount);
 void percpu_counter_destroy(struct percpu_counter *fbc);
 void percpu_counter_set(struct percpu_counter *fbc, s64 amount);
 void __percpu_counter_add(struct percpu_counter *fbc, s64 amount, s32 batch);
-s64 __percpu_counter_sum(struct percpu_counter *fbc);
+s64 __percpu_counter_sum(struct percpu_counter *fbc, int set);
 
 static inline void percpu_counter_add(struct percpu_counter *fbc, s64 amount)
 {
@@ -44,13 +44,19 @@ static inline void percpu_counter_add(struct percpu_counter *fbc, s64 amount)
 
 static inline s64 percpu_counter_sum_positive(struct percpu_counter *fbc)
 {
-	s64 ret = __percpu_counter_sum(fbc);
+	s64 ret = __percpu_counter_sum(fbc, 0);
 	return ret < 0 ? 0 : ret;
 }
 
+static inline s64 percpu_counter_sum_and_set(struct percpu_counter *fbc)
+{
+	return __percpu_counter_sum(fbc, 1);
+}
+
+
 static inline s64 percpu_counter_sum(struct percpu_counter *fbc)
 {
-	return __percpu_counter_sum(fbc);
+	return __percpu_counter_sum(fbc, 0);
 }
 
 static inline s64 percpu_counter_read(struct percpu_counter *fbc)
diff --git a/lib/percpu_counter.c b/lib/percpu_counter.c
index 119174494cb5..4a8ba4bf5f6f 100644
--- a/lib/percpu_counter.c
+++ b/lib/percpu_counter.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__percpu_counter_add);
  * Add up all the per-cpu counts, return the result.  This is a more accurate
  * but much slower version of percpu_counter_read_positive()
  */
-s64 __percpu_counter_sum(struct percpu_counter *fbc)
+s64 __percpu_counter_sum(struct percpu_counter *fbc, int set)
 {
 	s64 ret;
 	int cpu;
@@ -62,7 +62,12 @@ s64 __percpu_counter_sum(struct percpu_counter *fbc)
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
 		s32 *pcount = per_cpu_ptr(fbc->counters, cpu);
 		ret += *pcount;
+		if (set)
+			*pcount = 0;
 	}
+	if (set)
+		fbc->count = ret;
+
 	spin_unlock(&fbc->lock);
 	return ret;
 }