diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
index 2fd440d8d6b8..3a6967d14e1c 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/inode.c
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ void nilfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	struct nilfs_transaction_info ti;
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	struct nilfs_inode_info *ii = NILFS_I(inode);
+	int ret;
 
 	if (inode->i_nlink || !ii->i_root || unlikely(is_bad_inode(inode))) {
 		if (inode->i_data.nrpages)
@@ -725,8 +726,9 @@ void nilfs_evict_inode(struct inode *inode)
 	nilfs_mark_inode_dirty(inode);
 	end_writeback(inode);
 
-	nilfs_ifile_delete_inode(ii->i_root->ifile, inode->i_ino);
-	atomic_dec(&ii->i_root->inodes_count);
+	ret = nilfs_ifile_delete_inode(ii->i_root->ifile, inode->i_ino);
+	if (!ret)
+		atomic_dec(&ii->i_root->inodes_count);
 
 	nilfs_clear_inode(inode);