diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index cd2d094b9f82..a0729213f37b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -7257,7 +7257,8 @@ static struct tracing_log_err *get_tracing_log_err(struct trace_array *tr)
 		err = kzalloc(sizeof(*err), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!err)
 			err = ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-		tr->n_err_log_entries++;
+		else
+			tr->n_err_log_entries++;
 
 		return err;
 	}