1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_limit.c b/net/netfilter/xt_limit.c
index 5c22ce8ab309..a4c1e4528cac 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_limit.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_limit.c
@@ -117,11 +117,11 @@ static int limit_mt_check(const struct xt_mtchk_param *par)
 
         /* For SMP, we only want to use one set of state. */
         r->master = priv;
+        /* User avg in seconds * XT_LIMIT_SCALE: convert to jiffies *
+           128. */
+        priv->prev = jiffies;
+        priv->credit = user2credits(r->avg * r->burst); /* Credits full. */
         if (r->cost == 0) {
-                /* User avg in seconds * XT_LIMIT_SCALE: convert to jiffies *
-                   128. */
-                priv->prev = jiffies;
-                priv->credit = user2credits(r->avg * r->burst); /* Credits full. */
                 r->credit_cap = priv->credit; /* Credits full. */
                 r->cost = user2credits(r->avg);
         }