diff --git a/net/sched/sch_netem.c b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
index 3ed71cd60a56df6554d34060028abff4fbf8bc86..5a8b0a1755797b869de0d9f8feb72e002ab0e26e 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_netem.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
@@ -739,9 +739,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *netem_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
 				if (err != NET_XMIT_SUCCESS) {
 					if (net_xmit_drop_count(err))
 						qdisc_qstats_drop(sch);
-					qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog(sch, 1, pkt_len);
 					sch->qstats.backlog -= pkt_len;
 					sch->q.qlen--;
+					qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog(sch, 1, pkt_len);
 				}
 				goto tfifo_dequeue;
 			}