diff --git a/fs/f2fs/namei.c b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
index aa7f68d66c61..578421b7005d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/namei.c
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ static void set_compress_inode(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct inode *inode,
 			continue;
 
 		/* Do not use inline_data with compression */
+		stat_dec_inline_inode(inode);
 		clear_inode_flag(inode, FI_INLINE_DATA);
 		set_compress_context(inode);
 		return;