diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
index 61283f9288250cc6b74d440abf7621947ed91313..13f0781f35cda6668a09d35245e3e2777de83697 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
@@ -218,8 +218,8 @@ void inet_twdr_hangman(unsigned long data)
 		/* We purged the entire slot, anything left?  */
 		if (twdr->tw_count)
 			need_timer = 1;
+		twdr->slot = ((twdr->slot + 1) & (INET_TWDR_TWKILL_SLOTS - 1));
 	}
-	twdr->slot = ((twdr->slot + 1) & (INET_TWDR_TWKILL_SLOTS - 1));
 	if (need_timer)
 		mod_timer(&twdr->tw_timer, jiffies + twdr->period);
 out: