1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-log-writes.c b/drivers/md/dm-log-writes.c
index 4ab68033f9d1..4cc78aef9007 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-log-writes.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-log-writes.c
@@ -259,12 +259,12 @@ static int log_one_block(struct log_writes_c *lc,
                 goto out;
         sector++;
 
+        atomic_inc(&lc->io_blocks);
         bio = bio_alloc(GFP_KERNEL, block->vec_cnt);
         if (!bio) {
                 DMERR("Couldn't alloc log bio");
                 goto error;
         }
-        atomic_inc(&lc->io_blocks);
         bio->bi_iter.bi_size = 0;
         bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = sector;
         bio->bi_bdev = lc->logdev->bdev;