diff --git a/net/atm/lec.c b/net/atm/lec.c
index e5e3015..63ff8b9 100644
--- a/net/atm/lec.c
+++ b/net/atm/lec.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
 static int lec_open(struct net_device *dev);
 static int lec_start_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev);
 static int lec_close(struct net_device *dev);
-static struct net_device_stats *lec_get_stats(struct net_device *dev);
 static void lec_init(struct net_device *dev);
 static struct lec_arp_table *lec_arp_find(struct lec_priv *priv,
 					  const unsigned char *mac_addr);
@@ -218,28 +217,28 @@
 
 static int lec_open(struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	struct lec_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
-
 	netif_start_queue(dev);
-	memset(&priv->stats, 0, sizeof(struct net_device_stats));
+	memset(&dev->stats, 0, sizeof(struct net_device_stats));
 
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static __inline__ void
-lec_send(struct atm_vcc *vcc, struct sk_buff *skb, struct lec_priv *priv)
+static void
+lec_send(struct atm_vcc *vcc, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	struct net_device *dev = skb->dev;
+
 	ATM_SKB(skb)->vcc = vcc;
 	ATM_SKB(skb)->atm_options = vcc->atm_options;
 
 	atomic_add(skb->truesize, &sk_atm(vcc)->sk_wmem_alloc);
 	if (vcc->send(vcc, skb) < 0) {
-		priv->stats.tx_dropped++;
+		dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
 		return;
 	}
 
-	priv->stats.tx_packets++;
-	priv->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
+	dev->stats.tx_packets++;
+	dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
 }
 
 static void lec_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev)
@@ -270,7 +269,7 @@
 	pr_debug("lec_start_xmit called\n");
 	if (!priv->lecd) {
 		printk("%s:No lecd attached\n", dev->name);
-		priv->stats.tx_errors++;
+		dev->stats.tx_errors++;
 		netif_stop_queue(dev);
 		return -EUNATCH;
 	}
@@ -345,7 +344,7 @@
 					       GFP_ATOMIC);
 			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 			if (skb2 == NULL) {
-				priv->stats.tx_dropped++;
+				dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
 				return 0;
 			}
 			skb = skb2;
@@ -380,7 +379,7 @@
 			    ("%s:lec_start_xmit: tx queue full or no arp entry, dropping, ",
 			     dev->name);
 			pr_debug("MAC address %pM\n", lec_h->h_dest);
-			priv->stats.tx_dropped++;
+			dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
 			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 		}
 		goto out;
@@ -392,10 +391,10 @@
 	while (entry && (skb2 = skb_dequeue(&entry->tx_wait))) {
 		pr_debug("lec.c: emptying tx queue, ");
 		pr_debug("MAC address %pM\n", lec_h->h_dest);
-		lec_send(vcc, skb2, priv);
+		lec_send(vcc, skb2);
 	}
 
-	lec_send(vcc, skb, priv);
+	lec_send(vcc, skb);
 
 	if (!atm_may_send(vcc, 0)) {
 		struct lec_vcc_priv *vpriv = LEC_VCC_PRIV(vcc);
@@ -427,15 +426,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/*
- * Get the current statistics.
- * This may be called with the card open or closed.
- */
-static struct net_device_stats *lec_get_stats(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	return &((struct lec_priv *)netdev_priv(dev))->stats;
-}
-
 static int lec_atm_send(struct atm_vcc *vcc, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -810,8 +800,8 @@
 		else
 #endif
 			skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
-		priv->stats.rx_packets++;
-		priv->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
+		dev->stats.rx_packets++;
+		dev->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
 		memset(ATM_SKB(skb), 0, sizeof(struct atm_skb_data));
 		netif_rx(skb);
 	}
@@ -1887,7 +1877,7 @@
 					lec_arp_hold(entry);
 					spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lec_arp_lock, flags);
 					while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&entry->tx_wait)) != NULL)
-						lec_send(vcc, skb, entry->priv);
+						lec_send(vcc, skb);
 					entry->last_used = jiffies;
 					entry->status = ESI_FORWARD_DIRECT;
 					lec_arp_put(entry);
@@ -2305,7 +2295,7 @@
 				lec_arp_hold(entry);
 				spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lec_arp_lock, flags);
 				while ((skb = skb_dequeue(&entry->tx_wait)) != NULL)
-					lec_send(vcc, skb, entry->priv);
+					lec_send(vcc, skb);
 				entry->last_used = jiffies;
 				entry->status = ESI_FORWARD_DIRECT;
 				lec_arp_put(entry);
diff --git a/net/atm/lec.h b/net/atm/lec.h
index 0d37668..9d14d19 100644
--- a/net/atm/lec.h
+++ b/net/atm/lec.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@
 #define LEC_ARP_TABLE_SIZE 16
 
 struct lec_priv {
-	struct net_device_stats stats;
 	unsigned short lecid;			/* Lecid of this client */
 	struct hlist_head lec_arp_empty_ones;
 						/* Used for storing VCC's that don't have a MAC address attached yet */