diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 1b47fe71e0b410b1efa8ae03c9e94b484c769761..3b16051b121bfcfaa20e62999ab6f1f2d5246a8e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -1717,11 +1717,10 @@ static int push_leaf_left(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans, struct btrfs_root
 			      btrfs_item_nr_offset(push_items),
 			     (btrfs_header_nritems(right) - push_items) *
 			     sizeof(struct btrfs_item));
-
 	}
-	btrfs_set_header_nritems(right, right_nritems - push_items);
+	right_nritems -= push_items;
+	btrfs_set_header_nritems(right, right_nritems);
 	push_space = BTRFS_LEAF_DATA_SIZE(root);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < right_nritems; i++) {
 		item = btrfs_item_nr(right, i);