diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
index b79e5dd2af03..133ce4611eed 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ mtype_add(struct ip_set *set, void *value, const struct ip_set_ext *ext,
 	const struct mtype_elem *d = value;
 	struct mtype_elem *data;
 	struct hbucket *n, *old = ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
-	int i, j = -1, ret;
+	int i, j = -1, npos = 0, ret;
 	bool flag_exist = flags & IPSET_FLAG_EXIST;
 	bool deleted = false, forceadd = false, reuse = false;
 	u32 r, key, multi = 0, elements, maxelem;
@@ -889,6 +889,7 @@ mtype_add(struct ip_set *set, void *value, const struct ip_set_ext *ext,
 			ext_size(AHASH_INIT_SIZE, set->dsize);
 		goto copy_elem;
 	}
+	npos = n->pos;
 	for (i = 0; i < n->pos; i++) {
 		if (!test_bit(i, n->used)) {
 			/* Reuse first deleted entry */
@@ -962,7 +963,8 @@ mtype_add(struct ip_set *set, void *value, const struct ip_set_ext *ext,
 	}
 
 copy_elem:
-	j = n->pos++;
+	j = npos;
+	npos = n->pos + 1;
 	data = ahash_data(n, j, set->dsize);
 copy_data:
 	t->hregion[r].elements++;
@@ -985,6 +987,7 @@ mtype_add(struct ip_set *set, void *value, const struct ip_set_ext *ext,
 	if (SET_WITH_TIMEOUT(set))
 		ip_set_timeout_set(ext_timeout(data, set), ext->timeout);
 	smp_mb__before_atomic();
+	n->pos = npos;
 	set_bit(j, n->used);
 	if (old != ERR_PTR(-ENOENT)) {
 		rcu_assign_pointer(hbucket(t, key), n);