diff --git a/src/user/delete.js b/src/user/delete.js
index 368a940341..85ddd14639 100644
--- a/src/user/delete.js
+++ b/src/user/delete.js
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ module.exports = function(User) {
 						db.delete('user:' + uid, next);
 					},
 					function(next) {
-						db.decrObjectField('global', 'userCount');
+						db.decrObjectField('global', 'userCount', next);
 					}
 				], callback);
 			});