diff --git a/fs/ubifs/tnc.c b/fs/ubifs/tnc.c
index 8119b1fd8d94..91b4213dde84 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/tnc.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/tnc.c
@@ -2876,12 +2876,13 @@ static void tnc_destroy_cnext(struct ubifs_info *c)
  */
 void ubifs_tnc_close(struct ubifs_info *c)
 {
-	long clean_freed;
-
 	tnc_destroy_cnext(c);
 	if (c->zroot.znode) {
-		clean_freed = ubifs_destroy_tnc_subtree(c->zroot.znode);
-		atomic_long_sub(clean_freed, &ubifs_clean_zn_cnt);
+		long n;
+
+		ubifs_destroy_tnc_subtree(c->zroot.znode);
+		n = atomic_long_read(&c->clean_zn_cnt);
+		atomic_long_sub(n, &ubifs_clean_zn_cnt);
 	}
 	kfree(c->gap_lebs);
 	kfree(c->ilebs);