diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index efa2bc3f002894f7a4bf1507d6002ed86d986851..44a1ab03a3f0124ac33c63aa62f54b5663b52914 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -3719,12 +3719,12 @@ SCTP_STATIC int sctp_init_sock(struct sock *sk)
 	sp->hmac = NULL;
 
 	SCTP_DBG_OBJCNT_INC(sock);
-	percpu_counter_inc(&sctp_sockets_allocated);
 
 	/* Set socket backlog limit. */
 	sk->sk_backlog.limit = sysctl_sctp_rmem[1];
 
 	local_bh_disable();
+	percpu_counter_inc(&sctp_sockets_allocated);
 	sock_prot_inuse_add(sock_net(sk), sk->sk_prot, 1);
 	local_bh_enable();
 
@@ -3741,8 +3741,8 @@ SCTP_STATIC void sctp_destroy_sock(struct sock *sk)
 	/* Release our hold on the endpoint. */
 	ep = sctp_sk(sk)->ep;
 	sctp_endpoint_free(ep);
-	percpu_counter_dec(&sctp_sockets_allocated);
 	local_bh_disable();
+	percpu_counter_dec(&sctp_sockets_allocated);
 	sock_prot_inuse_add(sock_net(sk), sk->sk_prot, -1);
 	local_bh_enable();
 }