diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
index 1b47fe7..3b16051 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.c
@@ -1717,11 +1717,10 @@
 			      btrfs_item_nr_offset(push_items),
 			     (btrfs_header_nritems(right) - push_items) *
 			     sizeof(struct btrfs_item));
-
 	}
-	btrfs_set_header_nritems(right, right_nritems - push_items);
+	right_nritems -= push_items;
+	btrfs_set_header_nritems(right, right_nritems);
 	push_space = BTRFS_LEAF_DATA_SIZE(root);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < right_nritems; i++) {
 		item = btrfs_item_nr(right, i);