diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 874dd25b7481..266174b268cc 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -4458,6 +4458,7 @@ static int ext4_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
 	struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
 	struct ext4_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
 	u64 fsid;
+	s64 bfree;
 
 	if (test_opt(sb, MINIX_DF)) {
 		sbi->s_overhead_last = 0;
@@ -4501,8 +4502,10 @@ static int ext4_statfs(struct dentry *dentry, struct kstatfs *buf)
 	buf->f_type = EXT4_SUPER_MAGIC;
 	buf->f_bsize = sb->s_blocksize;
 	buf->f_blocks = ext4_blocks_count(es) - sbi->s_overhead_last;
-	buf->f_bfree = percpu_counter_sum_positive(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter) -
+	bfree = percpu_counter_sum_positive(&sbi->s_freeblocks_counter) -
 		       percpu_counter_sum_positive(&sbi->s_dirtyblocks_counter);
+	/* prevent underflow in case that few free space is available */
+	buf->f_bfree = max_t(s64, bfree, 0);
 	buf->f_bavail = buf->f_bfree - ext4_r_blocks_count(es);
 	if (buf->f_bfree < ext4_r_blocks_count(es))
 		buf->f_bavail = 0;