diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c
index d89ac573f8d838eca3401f671f558c25df19260b..d82ca8bd83908b037ee28b28e554da0fa5b4f7d5 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static unsigned long pblk_end_w_bio(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
 							c_ctx->nr_padded);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NVM_DEBUG
-	atomic_long_add(c_ctx->nr_valid, &pblk->sync_writes);
+	atomic_long_add(rqd->nr_ppas, &pblk->sync_writes);
 #endif
 
 	ret = pblk_rb_sync_advance(&pblk->rwb, c_ctx->nr_valid);