diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
index cb14646..e8d24f2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c
@@ -223,11 +223,9 @@
 
 		if (gdp) {
 			spin_lock(sb_bgl_lock(sbi, block_group));
-			gdp->bg_free_inodes_count = cpu_to_le16(
-				le16_to_cpu(gdp->bg_free_inodes_count) + 1);
+			le16_add_cpu(&gdp->bg_free_inodes_count, 1);
 			if (is_directory)
-				gdp->bg_used_dirs_count = cpu_to_le16(
-				  le16_to_cpu(gdp->bg_used_dirs_count) - 1);
+				le16_add_cpu(&gdp->bg_used_dirs_count, -1);
 			gdp->bg_checksum = ext4_group_desc_csum(sbi,
 							block_group, gdp);
 			spin_unlock(sb_bgl_lock(sbi, block_group));
@@ -664,11 +662,9 @@
 				cpu_to_le16(EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb) - ino);
 	}
 
-	gdp->bg_free_inodes_count =
-		cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(gdp->bg_free_inodes_count) - 1);
+	le16_add_cpu(&gdp->bg_free_inodes_count, -1);
 	if (S_ISDIR(mode)) {
-		gdp->bg_used_dirs_count =
-			cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(gdp->bg_used_dirs_count) + 1);
+		le16_add_cpu(&gdp->bg_used_dirs_count, 1);
 	}
 	gdp->bg_checksum = ext4_group_desc_csum(sbi, group, gdp);
 	spin_unlock(sb_bgl_lock(sbi, group));