diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c
index 088b011..40d934c 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@
 			"running e2fsck is recommended\n");
 	if (!le16_to_cpu(es->s_max_mnt_count))
 		es->s_max_mnt_count = cpu_to_le16(EXT2_DFL_MAX_MNT_COUNT);
-	es->s_mnt_count=cpu_to_le16(le16_to_cpu(es->s_mnt_count) + 1);
+	le16_add_cpu(&es->s_mnt_count, 1);
 	ext2_write_super(sb);
 	if (test_opt (sb, DEBUG))
 		printk ("[EXT II FS %s, %s, bs=%lu, fs=%lu, gc=%lu, "