diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
index db0653993632..17d97bbe890f 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
@@ -2400,10 +2400,10 @@ static int tc_new_tfilter(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *n,
 	err = tp->ops->change(net, skb, tp, cl, t->tcm_handle, tca, &fh,
 			      flags, extack);
 	if (err == 0) {
-		tcf_block_filter_cnt_update(block, &tp->counted, true);
 		tfilter_notify(net, skb, n, tp, block, q, parent, fh,
 			       RTM_NEWTFILTER, false, rtnl_held, extack);
 		tfilter_put(tp, fh);
+		tcf_block_filter_cnt_update(block, &tp->counted, true);
 		/* q pointer is NULL for shared blocks */
 		if (q)
 			q->flags &= ~TCQ_F_CAN_BYPASS;