diff --git a/logd/LogBuffer.cpp b/logd/LogBuffer.cpp
index a6bea0c..ed46181 100644
--- a/logd/LogBuffer.cpp
+++ b/logd/LogBuffer.cpp
@@ -208,8 +208,7 @@
         if (!__android_log_is_loggable(prio, tag, ANDROID_LOG_VERBOSE)) {
             // Log traffic received to total
             pthread_mutex_lock(&mLogElementsLock);
-            stats.add(elem);
-            stats.subtract(elem);
+            stats.addTotal(elem);
             pthread_mutex_unlock(&mLogElementsLock);
             delete elem;
             return -EACCES;
@@ -320,8 +319,7 @@
                         pthread_mutex_unlock(&mLogElementsLock);
                         return len;
                     }
-                    stats.add(currentLast);
-                    stats.subtract(currentLast);
+                    stats.addTotal(currentLast);
                     delete currentLast;
                     swab = total;
                     event->payload.data = htole32(swab);
@@ -337,8 +335,7 @@
                 }
             }
             if (count) {
-                stats.add(currentLast);
-                stats.subtract(currentLast);
+                stats.addTotal(currentLast);
                 currentLast->setDropped(count);
             }
             droppedElements[log_id] = currentLast;
diff --git a/logd/LogStatistics.cpp b/logd/LogStatistics.cpp
index d3167ad..b41aca5 100644
--- a/logd/LogStatistics.cpp
+++ b/logd/LogStatistics.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -70,20 +71,30 @@
 }
 }
 
+void LogStatistics::addTotal(LogBufferElement* element) {
+    if (element->getDropped()) return;
+
+    log_id_t log_id = element->getLogId();
+    unsigned short size = element->getMsgLen();
+    mSizesTotal[log_id] += size;
+    SizesTotal += size;
+    ++mElementsTotal[log_id];
+}
+
 void LogStatistics::add(LogBufferElement* element) {
     log_id_t log_id = element->getLogId();
     unsigned short size = element->getMsgLen();
     mSizes[log_id] += size;
     ++mElements[log_id];
 
+    // When caller adding a chatty entry, they will have already
+    // called add() and subtract() for each entry as they are
+    // evaluated and trimmed, thus recording size and number of
+    // elements, but we must recognize the manufactured dropped
+    // entry as not contributing to the lifetime totals.
     if (element->getDropped()) {
         ++mDroppedElements[log_id];
     } else {
-        // When caller adding a chatty entry, they will have already
-        // called add() and subtract() for each entry as they are
-        // evaluated and trimmed, thus recording size and number of
-        // elements, but we must recognize the manufactured dropped
-        // entry as not contributing to the lifetime totals.
         mSizesTotal[log_id] += size;
         SizesTotal += size;
         ++mElementsTotal[log_id];
diff --git a/logd/LogStatistics.h b/logd/LogStatistics.h
index 066b7de..e171e4a 100644
--- a/logd/LogStatistics.h
+++ b/logd/LogStatistics.h
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@
         enable = true;
     }
 
+    void addTotal(LogBufferElement* entry);
     void add(LogBufferElement* entry);
     void subtract(LogBufferElement* entry);
     // entry->setDropped(1) must follow this call