diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c b/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c
index 5bacf46dc4b3..2d8be51f90dc 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/segbuf.c
@@ -376,12 +376,12 @@ static int nilfs_segbuf_submit_bio(struct nilfs_segment_buffer *segbuf,
 	bio->bi_private = segbuf;
 	bio_get(bio);
 	submit_bio(mode, bio);
+	segbuf->sb_nbio++;
 	if (bio_flagged(bio, BIO_EOPNOTSUPP)) {
 		bio_put(bio);
 		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		goto failed;
 	}
-	segbuf->sb_nbio++;
 	bio_put(bio);
 
 	wi->bio = NULL;