diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
index 353430145119..9a6d456592e7 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log.c
@@ -1859,7 +1859,6 @@ xlog_sync(
 	unsigned int		size;
 	bool			need_flush = true;
 
-	XFS_STATS_INC(log->l_mp, xs_log_writes);
 	ASSERT(atomic_read(&iclog->ic_refcnt) == 0);
 
 	count = xlog_calc_iclog_size(log, iclog, &roundoff);
@@ -1877,6 +1876,7 @@ xlog_sync(
 		size += roundoff;
 	iclog->ic_header.h_len = cpu_to_be32(size);
 
+	XFS_STATS_INC(log->l_mp, xs_log_writes);
 	XFS_STATS_ADD(log->l_mp, xs_log_blocks, BTOBB(count));
 
 	bno = BLOCK_LSN(be64_to_cpu(iclog->ic_header.h_lsn));