diff --git a/drivers/staging/erofs/utils.c b/drivers/staging/erofs/utils.c
index 2d96820da62e..4de9c39535eb 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/erofs/utils.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/erofs/utils.c
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ unsigned long erofs_shrink_scan(struct shrinker *shrink,
 		sbi->shrinker_run_no = run_no;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EROFS_FS_ZIP
-		freed += erofs_shrink_workstation(sbi, nr, false);
+		freed += erofs_shrink_workstation(sbi, nr - freed, false);
 #endif
 
 		spin_lock(&erofs_sb_list_lock);