diff --git a/ConflictSet.cpp b/ConflictSet.cpp
index 2bfa6a1..50f9986 100644
--- a/ConflictSet.cpp
+++ b/ConflictSet.cpp
@@ -2649,7 +2649,6 @@ template <bool kAVX512>
 bool checkRangeReadImpl(Node *n, std::span<const uint8_t> begin,
                         std::span<const uint8_t> end,
                         InternalVersionT readVersion, ConflictSet::Impl *impl) {
-  ++range_read_accum;
   int lcp = longestCommonPrefix(begin.data(), end.data(),
                                 std::min(begin.size(), end.size()));
   if (lcp == int(begin.size()) && end.size() == begin.size() + 1 &&
@@ -2661,6 +2660,8 @@ bool checkRangeReadImpl(Node *n, std::span<const uint8_t> begin,
     return checkPrefixRead(n, begin, readVersion, impl);
   }
 
+  ++range_read_accum;
+
   SearchStepWise search{n, begin.subspan(0, lcp)};
   Arena arena;
   for (;;) {