diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/llvmpipe/lp_setup_line.c b/src/gallium/drivers/llvmpipe/lp_setup_line.c
index 5e26b1e9ffc..3a7212326e3 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/llvmpipe/lp_setup_line.c
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/llvmpipe/lp_setup_line.c
@@ -320,6 +320,10 @@ try_setup_line( struct lp_setup_context *setup,
    boolean will_draw_start;
    boolean will_draw_end;
 
+   if (lp_context->active_statistics_queries) {
+      lp_context->pipeline_statistics.c_primitives++;
+   }
+
    if (0)
       print_line(setup, v1, v2);
 
@@ -616,10 +620,6 @@ try_setup_line( struct lp_setup_context *setup,
 
    LP_COUNT(nr_tris);
 
-   if (lp_context->active_statistics_queries) {
-      lp_context->pipeline_statistics.c_primitives++;
-   }
-
    /* calculate the deltas */
    plane = GET_PLANES(line);
    plane[0].dcdy = x[0] - x[1];