diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 317d202c2449..411a7bdeaf88 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 965237ab9f6ab573e0b7574e8ce5cc6aa27d17d4
+refs/heads/master: 098b8afbf23502041c091463aea10a91b735c4cf
diff --git a/trunk/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c b/trunk/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
index 1b69924143d8..da4ec73f3415 100644
--- a/trunk/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
+++ b/trunk/net/mac80211/rc80211_minstrel_ht.c
@@ -640,7 +640,6 @@ minstrel_get_sample_rate(struct minstrel_priv *mp, struct minstrel_ht_sta *mi)
 	if (!mi->sample_tries)
 		return -1;
 
-	mi->sample_tries--;
 	mg = &mi->groups[mi->sample_group];
 	sample_idx = sample_table[mg->column][mg->index];
 	mr = &mg->rates[sample_idx];
@@ -677,6 +676,7 @@ minstrel_get_sample_rate(struct minstrel_priv *mp, struct minstrel_ht_sta *mi)
 		if (mi->sample_slow++ > 2)
 			return -1;
 	}
+	mi->sample_tries--;
 
 	return sample_idx;
 }