diff --git a/db/memtable.cc b/db/memtable.cc
index 989a526c8..ec6cd81be 100644
--- a/db/memtable.cc
+++ b/db/memtable.cc
@@ -788,6 +788,7 @@ void MemTable::Update(SequenceNumber seq,
           assert((unsigned)((p + value.size()) - entry) ==
                  (unsigned)(VarintLength(key_length) + key_length +
                             VarintLength(value.size()) + value.size()));
+          RecordTick(moptions_.statistics, NUMBER_KEYS_UPDATED);
           return;
         }
       }
diff --git a/db/write_batch.cc b/db/write_batch.cc
index 39d18c694..18475e944 100644
--- a/db/write_batch.cc
+++ b/db/write_batch.cc
@@ -1034,7 +1034,6 @@ class MemTableInserter : public WriteBatch::Handler {
     } else if (moptions->inplace_callback == nullptr) {
       assert(!concurrent_memtable_writes_);
       mem->Update(sequence_, key, value);
-      RecordTick(moptions->statistics, NUMBER_KEYS_UPDATED);
     } else {
       assert(!concurrent_memtable_writes_);
       if (mem->UpdateCallback(sequence_, key, value)) {