diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c b/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
index 0a9708004e20..225a7ab6d79a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_recent.c
@@ -492,12 +492,12 @@ static void *recent_seq_next(struct seq_file *seq, void *v, loff_t *pos)
 	const struct recent_entry *e = v;
 	const struct list_head *head = e->list.next;
 
+	(*pos)++;
 	while (head == &t->iphash[st->bucket]) {
 		if (++st->bucket >= ip_list_hash_size)
 			return NULL;
 		head = t->iphash[st->bucket].next;
 	}
-	(*pos)++;
 	return list_entry(head, struct recent_entry, list);
 }