diff --git a/fs/ubifs/commit.c b/fs/ubifs/commit.c
index 3b51631..0a6aa2c 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/commit.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/commit.c
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 			goto out_up;
 	}
 
+	c->cmt_no += 1;
 	err = ubifs_gc_start_commit(c);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_up;
@@ -115,7 +116,7 @@
 		goto out;
 
 	mutex_lock(&c->mst_mutex);
-	c->mst_node->cmt_no      = cpu_to_le64(++c->cmt_no);
+	c->mst_node->cmt_no      = cpu_to_le64(c->cmt_no);
 	c->mst_node->log_lnum    = cpu_to_le32(new_ltail_lnum);
 	c->mst_node->root_lnum   = cpu_to_le32(zroot.lnum);
 	c->mst_node->root_offs   = cpu_to_le32(zroot.offs);
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/log.c b/fs/ubifs/log.c
index e14829e..3e0aa73 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/log.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/log.c
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	cs->ch.node_type = UBIFS_CS_NODE;
-	cs->cmt_no = cpu_to_le64(c->cmt_no + 1);
+	cs->cmt_no = cpu_to_le64(c->cmt_no);
 	ubifs_prepare_node(c, cs, UBIFS_CS_NODE_SZ, 0);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/orphan.c b/fs/ubifs/orphan.c
index 3afeb92..02d3462 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/orphan.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/orphan.c
@@ -310,10 +310,10 @@
 	c->cmt_orphans -= cnt;
 	spin_unlock(&c->orphan_lock);
 	if (c->cmt_orphans)
-		orph->cmt_no = cpu_to_le64(c->cmt_no + 1);
+		orph->cmt_no = cpu_to_le64(c->cmt_no);
 	else
 		/* Mark the last node of the commit */
-		orph->cmt_no = cpu_to_le64((c->cmt_no + 1) | (1ULL << 63));
+		orph->cmt_no = cpu_to_le64((c->cmt_no) | (1ULL << 63));
 	ubifs_assert(c->ohead_offs + len <= c->leb_size);
 	ubifs_assert(c->ohead_lnum >= c->orph_first);
 	ubifs_assert(c->ohead_lnum <= c->orph_last);
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
index 6ddd1de..21502b6 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
@@ -865,7 +865,8 @@
  * @highest_inum: highest used inode number
  * @vfs_gen: VFS inode generation counter
  * @max_sqnum: current global sequence number
- * @cmt_no: commit number (last successfully completed commit)
+ * @cmt_no: commit number of the last successfully completed commit, protected
+ *          by @commit_sem
  * @cnt_lock: protects @highest_inum, @vfs_gen, and @max_sqnum counters
  * @fmt_version: UBIFS on-flash format version
  * @uuid: UUID from super block