diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index b65525513753..9e4b36e6e6b4 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -1519,6 +1519,7 @@ static inline void expand(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
 	int low, int high, int migratetype)
 {
 	unsigned long size = 1 << high;
+	unsigned long nr_added = 0;
 
 	while (high > low) {
 		high--;
@@ -1535,9 +1536,10 @@ static inline void expand(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
 			continue;
 
 		__add_to_free_list(&page[size], zone, high, migratetype, false);
-		account_freepages(zone, 1 << high, migratetype);
 		set_buddy_order(&page[size], high);
+		nr_added += size;
 	}
+	account_freepages(zone, nr_added, migratetype);
 }
 
 static void check_new_page_bad(struct page *page)