diff --git a/kernel/latencytop.c b/kernel/latencytop.c
index 877fb306d41..17110a4a4fc 100644
--- a/kernel/latencytop.c
+++ b/kernel/latencytop.c
@@ -194,14 +194,7 @@ __account_scheduler_latency(struct task_struct *tsk, int usecs, int inter)
 
 	account_global_scheduler_latency(tsk, &lat);
 
-	/*
-	 * short term hack; if we're > 32 we stop; future we recycle:
-	 */
-	tsk->latency_record_count++;
-	if (tsk->latency_record_count >= LT_SAVECOUNT)
-		goto out_unlock;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < LT_SAVECOUNT; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < tsk->latency_record_count; i++) {
 		struct latency_record *mylat;
 		int same = 1;
 
@@ -227,8 +220,14 @@ __account_scheduler_latency(struct task_struct *tsk, int usecs, int inter)
 		}
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * short term hack; if we're > 32 we stop; future we recycle:
+	 */
+	if (tsk->latency_record_count >= LT_SAVECOUNT)
+		goto out_unlock;
+
 	/* Allocated a new one: */
-	i = tsk->latency_record_count;
+	i = tsk->latency_record_count++;
 	memcpy(&tsk->latency_record[i], &lat, sizeof(struct latency_record));
 
 out_unlock: