diff --git a/include/linux/fscache-cache.h b/include/linux/fscache-cache.h
index 34cf0fdd7dc7..610815e3f1aa 100644
--- a/include/linux/fscache-cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/fscache-cache.h
@@ -196,8 +196,7 @@ static inline void fscache_enqueue_retrieval(struct fscache_retrieval *op)
 static inline void fscache_retrieval_complete(struct fscache_retrieval *op,
 					      int n_pages)
 {
-	atomic_sub(n_pages, &op->n_pages);
-	if (atomic_read(&op->n_pages) <= 0)
+	if (atomic_sub_return_relaxed(n_pages, &op->n_pages) <= 0)
 		fscache_op_complete(&op->op, false);
 }