diff --git a/mm/swapfile.c b/mm/swapfile.c
index ad438a4d0e68..73065d75d0e1 100644
--- a/mm/swapfile.c
+++ b/mm/swapfile.c
@@ -1866,10 +1866,8 @@ swp_entry_t get_swap_page_of_type(int type)
 	if (get_swap_device_info(si)) {
 		if (si->flags & SWP_WRITEOK) {
 			offset = cluster_alloc_swap_entry(si, 0, 1);
-			if (offset) {
+			if (offset)
 				entry = swp_entry(si->type, offset);
-				atomic_long_dec(&nr_swap_pages);
-			}
 		}
 		put_swap_device(si);
 	}