diff --git a/include/net/inet_frag.h b/include/net/inet_frag.h
index 64b4e7d23b8a..7cac9c5789b5 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_frag.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_frag.h
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ static inline void inet_frag_lru_del(struct inet_frag_queue *q)
 {
 	spin_lock(&q->net->lru_lock);
 	list_del(&q->lru_list);
+	q->net->nqueues--;
 	spin_unlock(&q->net->lru_lock);
 }
 
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ static inline void inet_frag_lru_add(struct netns_frags *nf,
 {
 	spin_lock(&nf->lru_lock);
 	list_add_tail(&q->lru_list, &nf->lru_list);
+	q->net->nqueues++;
 	spin_unlock(&nf->lru_lock);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c b/net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c
index 8ba548a8efce..1206ca64b0ea 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_fragment.c
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ static inline void fq_unlink(struct inet_frag_queue *fq, struct inet_frags *f)
 {
 	write_lock(&f->lock);
 	hlist_del(&fq->list);
-	fq->net->nqueues--;
 	write_unlock(&f->lock);
 	inet_frag_lru_del(fq);
 }
@@ -260,7 +259,6 @@ static struct inet_frag_queue *inet_frag_intern(struct netns_frags *nf,
 
 	atomic_inc(&qp->refcnt);
 	hlist_add_head(&qp->list, &f->hash[hash]);
-	nf->nqueues++;
 	write_unlock(&f->lock);
 	inet_frag_lru_add(nf, qp);
 	return qp;