[LeetCode]Count Complete Tree Nodes

public class Solution {
    public int countNodes(TreeNode root) {
       return helper(root);
    }
    public int helper(TreeNode root) {
        if (root == null) {
            return 0;
        }
        int left = 0;
        int right = 0;
        TreeNode p = root;
        while (p != null) {
            left ++;
            p = p.left;
        }
        p = root;
        while (p != null) {
            right ++;
            p = p.right;
        }   
        if (left == right) {
            return (1 << left) - 1;
        } else {
            return helper(root.left) + helper(root.right) + 1;
        }
    }
}