diff --git a/net/sched/sch_netem.c b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
index 0f8d581438c3..39382ee1e331 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_netem.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_netem.c
@@ -742,11 +742,10 @@ static struct sk_buff *netem_dequeue(struct Qdisc *sch)
 
 				err = qdisc_enqueue(skb, q->qdisc, &to_free);
 				kfree_skb_list(to_free);
-				if (err != NET_XMIT_SUCCESS &&
-				    net_xmit_drop_count(err)) {
-					qdisc_qstats_drop(sch);
-					qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog(sch, 1,
-								  pkt_len);
+				if (err != NET_XMIT_SUCCESS) {
+					if (net_xmit_drop_count(err))
+						qdisc_qstats_drop(sch);
+					qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog(sch, 1, pkt_len);
 				}
 				goto tfifo_dequeue;
 			}