diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-verity-fec.c b/drivers/md/dm-verity-fec.c
index 721b7c377386..1e776e0d6be5 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-verity-fec.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-verity-fec.c
@@ -163,11 +163,9 @@ error:
 	if (r < 0 && neras)
 		DMERR_LIMIT("%s: FEC %llu: failed to correct: %d",
 			    v->data_dev->name, (unsigned long long)rsb, r);
-	else if (r > 0) {
+	else if (r > 0)
 		DMWARN_LIMIT("%s: FEC %llu: corrected %d errors",
 			     v->data_dev->name, (unsigned long long)rsb, r);
-		atomic64_inc(&v->fec->corrected);
-	}
 
 	return r;
 }
@@ -439,6 +437,7 @@ int verity_fec_decode(struct dm_verity *v, struct dm_verity_io *io,
 	}
 
 	memcpy(dest, fio->output, 1 << v->data_dev_block_bits);
+	atomic64_inc(&v->fec->corrected);
 
 done:
 	fio->level--;