diff --git a/src/networking.c b/src/networking.c
index 343a910e..bb5d7473 100644
--- a/src/networking.c
+++ b/src/networking.c
@@ -931,11 +931,11 @@ int writeToClient(int fd, client *c, int handler_installed) {
          *
          * However if we are over the maxmemory limit we ignore that and
          * just deliver as much data as it is possible to deliver. */
-        server.stat_net_output_bytes += totwritten;
         if (totwritten > NET_MAX_WRITES_PER_EVENT &&
             (server.maxmemory == 0 ||
              zmalloc_used_memory() < server.maxmemory)) break;
     }
+    server.stat_net_output_bytes += totwritten;
     if (nwritten == -1) {
         if (errno == EAGAIN) {
             nwritten = 0;