diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c
index 3c45c1c15f7e..fd0ebec03ae7 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/core.c
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ stm_output_disclaim(struct stm_device *stm, struct stm_output *output)
 	bitmap_release_region(&master->chan_map[0], output->channel,
 			      ilog2(output->nr_chans));
 
-	output->nr_chans = 0;
 	master->nr_free += output->nr_chans;
+	output->nr_chans = 0;
 }
 
 /*