diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_acct.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_acct.h
index df198c51244a0ab107110a24440a36bef0b5d502..7f44a771530edf7e40256d40f13d762c9b66fa56 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_acct.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_acct.h
@@ -65,7 +65,16 @@ static inline void nf_ct_set_acct(struct net *net, bool enable)
 #endif
 }
 
-void nf_ct_acct_update(struct nf_conn *ct, u32 dir, unsigned int bytes);
+void nf_ct_acct_add(struct nf_conn *ct, u32 dir, unsigned int packets,
+		    unsigned int bytes);
+
+static inline void nf_ct_acct_update(struct nf_conn *ct, u32 dir,
+				     unsigned int bytes)
+{
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK)
+	nf_ct_acct_add(ct, dir, 1, bytes);
+#endif
+}
 
 void nf_conntrack_acct_pernet_init(struct net *net);
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 7ded6d287f8701ce31353b244c0a2dffec3a6bc1..c4582eb71766a13a66b4a7d82fb18dc9a10195af 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -865,7 +865,8 @@ nf_conntrack_hash_check_insert(struct nf_conn *ct)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_conntrack_hash_check_insert);
 
-void nf_ct_acct_update(struct nf_conn *ct, u32 dir, unsigned int bytes)
+void nf_ct_acct_add(struct nf_conn *ct, u32 dir, unsigned int packets,
+		    unsigned int bytes)
 {
 	struct nf_conn_acct *acct;
 
@@ -873,11 +874,11 @@ void nf_ct_acct_update(struct nf_conn *ct, u32 dir, unsigned int bytes)
 	if (acct) {
 		struct nf_conn_counter *counter = acct->counter;
 
-		atomic64_inc(&counter[dir].packets);
+		atomic64_add(packets, &counter[dir].packets);
 		atomic64_add(bytes, &counter[dir].bytes);
 	}
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_acct_update);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_ct_acct_add);
 
 static void nf_ct_acct_merge(struct nf_conn *ct, enum ip_conntrack_info ctinfo,
 			     const struct nf_conn *loser_ct)