diff --git a/storage/maria/ma_pagecache.c b/storage/maria/ma_pagecache.c
index efad5ec75f3..119b5310f49 100644
--- a/storage/maria/ma_pagecache.c
+++ b/storage/maria/ma_pagecache.c
@@ -3710,6 +3710,7 @@ restart:
         {
           /* block is unregistered in read_big_block */
           pagecache_pthread_mutex_unlock(&pagecache->cache_lock);
+          dec_counter_for_resize_op(pagecache);
           DBUG_PRINT("restart", ("big block fail, restarting..."));
           goto restart;
         }
@@ -3754,6 +3755,7 @@ restart:
         unreg_request(pagecache, block, 1);
       dec_counter_for_resize_op(pagecache);
       pagecache_pthread_mutex_unlock(&pagecache->cache_lock);
+      dec_counter_for_resize_op(pagecache);
       DBUG_PRINT("info", ("restarting..."));
       goto restart;
     }
@@ -4176,6 +4178,7 @@ restart:
         unreg_request(pagecache, block, 1);
       dec_counter_for_resize_op(pagecache);
       pagecache_pthread_mutex_unlock(&pagecache->cache_lock);
+      dec_counter_for_resize_op(pagecache);
       DBUG_PRINT("info", ("restarting..."));
       goto restart;
     }