diff --git a/fs/ioctl.c b/fs/ioctl.c
index 116a333e9c77..0f56deb24ce6 100644
--- a/fs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ioctl.c
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ static long ioctl_file_dedupe_range(struct file *file, void __user *arg)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	same->dest_count = count;
 	ret = vfs_dedupe_file_range(file, same);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;