diff --git a/php_memcached.c b/php_memcached.c
index dcf1f0da..d9879f8c 100644
--- a/php_memcached.c
+++ b/php_memcached.c
@@ -2248,11 +2248,11 @@ static void php_memc_incdec_impl(INTERNAL_FUNCTION_PARAMETERS, zend_bool by_key,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (value == UINT64_MAX) {
+	if (s_memc_status_handle_result_code(intern, status) == FAILURE) {
 		RETURN_FALSE;
 	}
 
-	if (s_memc_status_handle_result_code(intern, status) == FAILURE) {
+	if (value == UINT64_MAX) {
 		RETURN_FALSE;
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/incrdecr.phpt b/tests/incrdecr.phpt
index 3addcfd3..4a30daa6 100644
--- a/tests/incrdecr.phpt
+++ b/tests/incrdecr.phpt
@@ -10,8 +10,11 @@ $m = memc_get_instance ();
 echo "Not there\n";
 $m->delete('foo');
 var_dump($m->increment('foo', 1));
+var_dump($m->getResultCode());
 var_dump($m->decrement('foo', 1));
+var_dump($m->getResultCode());
 var_dump($m->get('foo'));
+var_dump($m->getResultCode());
 
 echo "Normal\n";
 $m->set('foo', 1);
@@ -37,8 +40,11 @@ var_dump($m->get('foo'));
 --EXPECT--
 Not there
 bool(false)
+int(16)
 bool(false)
+int(16)
 bool(false)
+int(16)
 Normal
 int(1)
 int(2)