* the current lock owner is just about to reset it.
         */
        if (!raw_spin_trylock_irqsave(&rs->lock, flags)) {
-               unsigned int rs_flags = READ_ONCE(rs->flags);
-
-               if (rs_flags & RATELIMIT_INITIALIZED && burst) {
-                       int n_left = atomic_read(&rs->rs_n_left);
-
-                       if (n_left <= 0)
-                               return 0;
-                       n_left = atomic_dec_return(&rs->rs_n_left);
-                       if (n_left >= 0)
-                               return 1;
-               }
-
-               ratelimit_state_inc_miss(rs);
-               return 0;
+               if (READ_ONCE(rs->flags) & RATELIMIT_INITIALIZED && burst &&
+                   atomic_read(&rs->rs_n_left) > 0 && atomic_dec_return(&rs->rs_n_left) >= 0)
+                       ret = 1;
+               goto nolock_ret;
        }
 
        if (!(rs->flags & RATELIMIT_INITIALIZED)) {