diff --git a/fs/mbcache.c b/fs/mbcache.c
index 1046cbe..eb31b73 100644
--- a/fs/mbcache.c
+++ b/fs/mbcache.c
@@ -403,9 +403,9 @@
 {
 	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;