diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/writecache.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/writecache.rst
index 0772d2160f9c..60c16b7fd5ac 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/writecache.rst
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/device-mapper/writecache.rst
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Status:
 11. the number of write blocks that are allocated in the cache
 12. the number of write requests that are blocked on the freelist
 13. the number of flush requests
-14. the number of discard requests
+14. the number of discarded blocks
 
 Messages:
 	flush
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
index 6282c77abe7b..ead008ea38f2 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
@@ -1514,7 +1514,7 @@ static enum wc_map_op writecache_map_flush(struct dm_writecache *wc, struct bio
 
 static enum wc_map_op writecache_map_discard(struct dm_writecache *wc, struct bio *bio)
 {
-	wc->stats.discards++;
+	wc->stats.discards += bio->bi_iter.bi_size >> wc->block_size_bits;
 
 	if (writecache_has_error(wc))
 		return WC_MAP_ERROR;