1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/tipc/name_table.c b/net/tipc/name_table.c
index bd80d80fb112..5d7004262647 100644
--- a/net/tipc/name_table.c
+++ b/net/tipc/name_table.c
@@ -695,11 +695,12 @@ struct publication *tipc_nametbl_publish(u32 type, u32 lower, u32 upper,
         }
 
         write_lock_bh(&tipc_nametbl_lock);
-        table.local_publ_count++;
         publ = tipc_nametbl_insert_publ(type, lower, upper, scope,
                                    tipc_own_addr, port_ref, key);
-        if (likely(publ))
+        if (likely(publ)) {
+                table.local_publ_count++;
                 tipc_named_publish(publ);
+        }
         write_unlock_bh(&tipc_nametbl_lock);
         return publ;
 }