diff --git a/net/sched/ematch.c b/net/sched/ematch.c
index ad57f4444b9c..f878fa16349a 100644
--- a/net/sched/ematch.c
+++ b/net/sched/ematch.c
@@ -526,9 +526,10 @@ pop_stack:
 		match_idx = stack[--stackp];
 		cur_match = tcf_em_get_match(tree, match_idx);
 
+		if (tcf_em_is_inverted(cur_match))
+			res = !res;
+
 		if (tcf_em_early_end(cur_match, res)) {
-			if (tcf_em_is_inverted(cur_match))
-				res = !res;
 			goto pop_stack;
 		} else {
 			match_idx++;