diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/writecache.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/writecache.rst
index 2104812f0281..1fab82408ef1 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/writecache.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/writecache.rst
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ Status:
 2. the number of blocks
 3. the number of free blocks
 4. the number of blocks under writeback
-5. the number of read requests
-6. the number of read requests that hit the cache
+5. the number of read blocks
+6. the number of read blocks that hit the cache
 7. the number of write requests
 8. the number of write requests that hit uncommitted block
 9. the number of write requests that hit committed block
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
index 9e14717c46a9..a551be5f9b4b 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
@@ -1365,6 +1365,7 @@ static enum wc_map_op writecache_map_read(struct dm_writecache *wc, struct bio *
 		}
 	} else {
 		writecache_map_remap_origin(wc, bio, e);
+		wc->stats.reads += (bio->bi_iter.bi_size - wc->block_size) >> wc->block_size_bits;
 		map_op = WC_MAP_REMAP_ORIGIN;
 	}