diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
index db5325c88f1c..23948f167012 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ static long ashmem_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 				.gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL,
 				.nr_to_scan = LONG_MAX,
 			};
-
+			ret = ashmem_shrink_count(&ashmem_shrinker, &sc);
 			nodes_setall(sc.nodes_to_scan);
 			ashmem_shrink_scan(&ashmem_shrinker, &sc);
 		}