diff --git a/fs/ubifs/lprops.c b/fs/ubifs/lprops.c
index 86eb8e5..b33ec7a 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/lprops.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/lprops.c
@@ -300,8 +300,11 @@ void ubifs_add_to_cat(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_lprops *lprops,
 	default:
 		ubifs_assert(0);
 	}
+
 	lprops->flags &= ~LPROPS_CAT_MASK;
 	lprops->flags |= cat;
+	c->in_a_category_cnt += 1;
+	ubifs_assert(c->in_a_category_cnt <= c->main_lebs);
 }

 /**
@@ -334,6 +337,9 @@ static void ubifs_remove_from_cat(struct ubifs_info *c,
 	default:
 		ubifs_assert(0);
 	}
+
+	c->in_a_category_cnt -= 1;
+	ubifs_assert(c->in_a_category_cnt >= 0);
 }

 /**
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
index 1e5a086..51ac3e6 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
@@ -1184,6 +1184,8 @@ struct ubifs_debug_info;
  * @freeable_list: list of freeable non-index LEBs (free + dirty == @leb_size)
  * @frdi_idx_list: list of freeable index LEBs (free + dirty == @leb_size)
  * @freeable_cnt: number of freeable LEBs in @freeable_list
+ * @in_a_category_cnt: count of lprops which are in a certain category, which
+ *                     basically meants that they were loaded from the flash
  *
  * @ltab_lnum: LEB number of LPT's own lprops table
  * @ltab_offs: offset of LPT's own lprops table
@@ -1413,6 +1415,7 @@ struct ubifs_info {
 	struct list_head freeable_list;
 	struct list_head frdi_idx_list;
 	int freeable_cnt;
+	int in_a_category_cnt;

 	int ltab_lnum;
 	int ltab_offs;