diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c
index b95485882dc986af7e14a6addee3f38f3f11e5ae..6389ee7a937141ad58396f762bbdf27a7746fbc1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/af/rvu_npc.c
@@ -2979,10 +2979,11 @@ int rvu_mbox_handler_npc_mcam_unmap_counter(struct rvu *rvu,
 		index = find_next_bit(mcam->bmap, mcam->bmap_entries, entry);
 		if (index >= mcam->bmap_entries)
 			break;
+		entry = index + 1;
+
 		if (mcam->entry2cntr_map[index] != req->cntr)
 			continue;
 
-		entry = index + 1;
 		npc_unmap_mcam_entry_and_cntr(rvu, mcam, blkaddr,
 					      index, req->cntr);
 	}