diff --git a/kernel/sched/fair.c b/kernel/sched/fair.c
index 40667cbf371ba9e8732e6c30940cc146752ee0c3..97000a99a293f5c5361b39f9e99460f0960ce2a2 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/fair.c
@@ -2574,11 +2574,11 @@ static inline u64 __synchronize_entity_decay(struct sched_entity *se)
 	u64 decays = atomic64_read(&cfs_rq->decay_counter);
 
 	decays -= se->avg.decay_count;
+	se->avg.decay_count = 0;
 	if (!decays)
 		return 0;
 
 	se->avg.load_avg_contrib = decay_load(se->avg.load_avg_contrib, decays);
-	se->avg.decay_count = 0;
 
 	return decays;
 }