diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
index 6f35832f0de3..7cff6e5e7445 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
@@ -637,13 +637,14 @@ ip_set_match_extensions(struct ip_set *set, const struct ip_set_ext *ext,
 	if (SET_WITH_COUNTER(set)) {
 		struct ip_set_counter *counter = ext_counter(data, set);
 
+		ip_set_update_counter(counter, ext, flags);
+
 		if (flags & IPSET_FLAG_MATCH_COUNTERS &&
 		    !(ip_set_match_counter(ip_set_get_packets(counter),
 				mext->packets, mext->packets_op) &&
 		      ip_set_match_counter(ip_set_get_bytes(counter),
 				mext->bytes, mext->bytes_op)))
 			return false;
-		ip_set_update_counter(counter, ext, flags);
 	}
 	if (SET_WITH_SKBINFO(set))
 		ip_set_get_skbinfo(ext_skbinfo(data, set),