struct btrfs_key key;
        struct btrfs_key tmp_op_key;
        struct btrfs_key *op_key = NULL;
-       int sgn;
+       int count;
        int ret = 0;
 
        if (extent_op && extent_op->update_key) {
                        WARN_ON(1);
                        continue;
                case BTRFS_ADD_DELAYED_REF:
-                       sgn = 1;
+                       count = node->ref_mod;
                        break;
                case BTRFS_DROP_DELAYED_REF:
-                       sgn = -1;
+                       count = node->ref_mod * -1;
                        break;
                default:
                        BUG_ON(1);
                }
-               *total_refs += (node->ref_mod * sgn);
+               *total_refs += count;
                switch (node->type) {
                case BTRFS_TREE_BLOCK_REF_KEY: {
                        /* NORMAL INDIRECT METADATA backref */
                        ref = btrfs_delayed_node_to_tree_ref(node);
                        ret = add_indirect_ref(fs_info, preftrees, ref->root,
                                               &tmp_op_key, ref->level + 1,
-                                              node->bytenr,
-                                              node->ref_mod * sgn,
-                                              sc, GFP_ATOMIC);
+                                              node->bytenr, count, sc,
+                                              GFP_ATOMIC);
                        break;
                }
                case BTRFS_SHARED_BLOCK_REF_KEY: {
 
                        ref = btrfs_delayed_node_to_tree_ref(node);
 
-                       ret = add_direct_ref(fs_info, preftrees,
-                                            ref->level + 1, ref->parent,
-                                            node->bytenr, node->ref_mod * sgn,
+                       ret = add_direct_ref(fs_info, preftrees, ref->level + 1,
+                                            ref->parent, node->bytenr, count,
                                             sc, GFP_ATOMIC);
                        break;
                }
                        }
 
                        ret = add_indirect_ref(fs_info, preftrees, ref->root,
-                                              &key, 0, node->bytenr,
-                                              node->ref_mod * sgn,
-                                              sc, GFP_ATOMIC);
+                                              &key, 0, node->bytenr, count, sc,
+                                              GFP_ATOMIC);
                        break;
                }
                case BTRFS_SHARED_DATA_REF_KEY: {
 
                        ref = btrfs_delayed_node_to_data_ref(node);
 
-                       ret = add_direct_ref(fs_info, preftrees, 0,
-                                            ref->parent, node->bytenr,
-                                            node->ref_mod * sgn,
-                                            sc, GFP_ATOMIC);
+                       ret = add_direct_ref(fs_info, preftrees, 0, ref->parent,
+                                            node->bytenr, count, sc,
+                                            GFP_ATOMIC);
                        break;
                }
                default: