diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_limit.c b/net/netfilter/xt_limit.c
index 5c22ce8ab3090b103ac75c7ae54d0489c1bc84e2..a4c1e4528cac7e3e820f1cecfb8ec22e8dcf5966 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_limit.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_limit.c
@@ -117,11 +117,11 @@ static int limit_mt_check(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par)
 
 	/* For SMP, we only want to use one set of state. */
 	r->master = priv;
+	/* User avg in seconds * XT_LIMIT_SCALE: convert to jiffies *
+	   128. */
+	priv->prev = jiffies;
+	priv->credit = user2credits(r->avg * r->burst); /* Credits full. */
 	if (r->cost == 0) {
-		/* User avg in seconds * XT_LIMIT_SCALE: convert to jiffies *
-		   128. */
-		priv->prev = jiffies;
-		priv->credit = user2credits(r->avg * r->burst); /* Credits full. */
 		r->credit_cap = priv->credit; /* Credits full. */
 		r->cost = user2credits(r->avg);
 	}