diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic.h
index ff80cd8..f2a7c71 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic.h
@@ -1711,6 +1711,7 @@
 void qlcnic_83xx_detach_mailbox_work(struct qlcnic_adapter *);
 void qlcnic_83xx_reinit_mbx_work(struct qlcnic_mailbox *mbx);
 void qlcnic_83xx_free_mailbox(struct qlcnic_mailbox *mbx);
+void qlcnic_update_stats(struct qlcnic_adapter *);
 
 /* Adapter hardware abstraction */
 struct qlcnic_hardware_ops {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_ethtool.c
index e3be276..7b36340 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_ethtool.c
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@
 	return data;
 }
 
-static void qlcnic_update_stats(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter)
+void qlcnic_update_stats(struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter)
 {
 	struct qlcnic_host_tx_ring *tx_ring;
 	int ring;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
index b8a245a..550791b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
@@ -2780,6 +2780,9 @@
 	struct qlcnic_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	struct net_device_stats *stats = &netdev->stats;
 
+	if (test_bit(__QLCNIC_DEV_UP, &adapter->state))
+		qlcnic_update_stats(adapter);
+
 	stats->rx_packets = adapter->stats.rx_pkts + adapter->stats.lro_pkts;
 	stats->tx_packets = adapter->stats.xmitfinished;
 	stats->rx_bytes = adapter->stats.rxbytes + adapter->stats.lrobytes;