diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-io.c b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
index 3702e502466d37a902c64a74a1f5ad7b516770bb..8d5ca30f655123611b5dcd2ba3d35b52e9c6c447 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-io.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-io.c
@@ -317,8 +317,8 @@ static void do_region(int op, int op_flags, unsigned region,
 	else if (op == REQ_OP_WRITE_SAME)
 		special_cmd_max_sectors = q->limits.max_write_same_sectors;
 	if ((op == REQ_OP_DISCARD || op == REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES ||
-	     op == REQ_OP_WRITE_SAME)  &&
-	    special_cmd_max_sectors == 0) {
+	     op == REQ_OP_WRITE_SAME) && special_cmd_max_sectors == 0) {
+		atomic_inc(&io->count);
 		dec_count(io, region, -EOPNOTSUPP);
 		return;
 	}