diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
index a4a2b87a45fe..20c3aec6b987 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c
@@ -2759,7 +2759,7 @@ static int _ocfs2_reclaim_suballoc_to_main(handle_t *handle,
 	fe->i_clusters = cpu_to_le32(tmp_used - le16_to_cpu(cl->cl_cpg));
 
 	spin_lock(&OCFS2_I(alloc_inode)->ip_lock);
-	OCFS2_I(alloc_inode)->ip_clusters -= le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters);
+	OCFS2_I(alloc_inode)->ip_clusters = le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters);
 	fe->i_size = cpu_to_le64(ocfs2_clusters_to_bytes(alloc_inode->i_sb,
 					     le32_to_cpu(fe->i_clusters)));
 	spin_unlock(&OCFS2_I(alloc_inode)->ip_lock);