diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index 51134f9a3ee7..e05679c478e2 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -826,7 +826,7 @@ static unsigned long virtio_balloon_shrinker_count(struct shrinker *shrinker,
 	unsigned long count;
 
 	count = vb->num_pages / VIRTIO_BALLOON_PAGES_PER_PAGE;
-	count += vb->num_free_page_blocks >> VIRTIO_BALLOON_FREE_PAGE_ORDER;
+	count += vb->num_free_page_blocks << VIRTIO_BALLOON_FREE_PAGE_ORDER;
 
 	return count;
 }