diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 919b45eb57ad..d8767b381b9c 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1141,7 +1141,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(account_page_dirtied);
 void account_page_writeback(struct page *page)
 {
 	inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITEBACK);
-	inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITTEN);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(account_page_writeback);
 
@@ -1358,8 +1357,10 @@ int test_clear_page_writeback(struct page *page)
 	} else {
 		ret = TestClearPageWriteback(page);
 	}
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret) {
 		dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITEBACK);
+		inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITTEN);
+	}
 	return ret;
 }