diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
index 299d17b088e2..facb83031ba7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_attr_leaf.c
@@ -1335,7 +1335,9 @@ xfs_attr3_leaf_add_work(
 	for (i = 0; i < XFS_ATTR_LEAF_MAPSIZE; i++) {
 		if (ichdr->freemap[i].base == tmp) {
 			ichdr->freemap[i].base += sizeof(xfs_attr_leaf_entry_t);
-			ichdr->freemap[i].size -= sizeof(xfs_attr_leaf_entry_t);
+			ichdr->freemap[i].size -=
+				min_t(uint16_t, ichdr->freemap[i].size,
+						sizeof(xfs_attr_leaf_entry_t));
 		}
 	}
 	ichdr->usedbytes += xfs_attr_leaf_entsize(leaf, args->index);