diff --git a/lib/xarray.c b/lib/xarray.c
index 757644617b9b..88ca87435e3d 100644
--- a/lib/xarray.c
+++ b/lib/xarray.c
@@ -1081,6 +1081,7 @@ void xas_split(struct xa_state *xas, void *entry, unsigned int order)
 					xa_mk_node(child));
 			if (xa_is_value(curr))
 				values--;
+			xas_update(xas, child);
 		} else {
 			unsigned int canon = offset - xas->xa_sibs;
 
@@ -1095,6 +1096,7 @@ void xas_split(struct xa_state *xas, void *entry, unsigned int order)
 	} while (offset-- > xas->xa_offset);
 
 	node->nr_values += values;
+	xas_update(xas, node);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xas_split);
 #endif