diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_counter.c b/net/netfilter/nft_counter.c
index f6d4d0fa23a6..bf829fabf278 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_counter.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_counter.c
@@ -105,11 +105,16 @@ static void nft_counter_reset(struct nft_counter_percpu_priv *priv,
 			      struct nft_counter *total)
 {
 	struct nft_counter *this_cpu;
+	seqcount_t *myseq;
 
 	local_bh_disable();
 	this_cpu = this_cpu_ptr(priv->counter);
+	myseq = this_cpu_ptr(&nft_counter_seq);
+
+	write_seqcount_begin(myseq);
 	this_cpu->packets -= total->packets;
 	this_cpu->bytes -= total->bytes;
+	write_seqcount_end(myseq);
 	local_bh_enable();
 }