diff --git a/fs/sysv/itree.c b/fs/sysv/itree.c
index 08d3e630b49c..f5b0837511cf 100644
--- a/fs/sysv/itree.c
+++ b/fs/sysv/itree.c
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static unsigned sysv_nblocks(struct super_block *s, loff_t size)
 		res += blocks;
 		direct = 1;
 	}
-	return blocks;
+	return res;
 }
 
 int sysv_getattr(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct dentry *dentry, struct kstat *stat)