diff --git a/examples/imatrix/imatrix.cpp b/examples/imatrix/imatrix.cpp
index 9a8236ab5..5f56a68b7 100644
--- a/examples/imatrix/imatrix.cpp
+++ b/examples/imatrix/imatrix.cpp
@@ -297,9 +297,9 @@ bool IMatrixCollector::load_imatrix(const char * imatrix_file, std::unordered_ma
         for (int i = 0; i < nval; i++) {
             e.values[i] += tmp[i];
             e.counts[i] += ncall;
-        }
+        } 
+        e.ncall += ncall;
         
-        e.ncall = ncall;
     }
     return true;
 }