diff --git a/fs/mbcache.c b/fs/mbcache.c
index 1046cbefbfbf4f56be9640dacacc1d884af492f4..eb31b73e7d6999357cd86bd7af0ff208b917ca5d 100644
--- a/fs/mbcache.c
+++ b/fs/mbcache.c
@@ -403,9 +403,9 @@ mb_cache_entry_alloc(struct mb_cache *cache)
 {
 	struct mb_cache_entry *ce;
 
-	atomic_inc(&cache->c_entry_count);
 	ce = kmem_cache_alloc(cache->c_entry_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (ce) {
+		atomic_inc(&cache->c_entry_count);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ce->e_lru_list);
 		INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ce->e_block_list);
 		ce->e_cache = cache;