diff --git a/drivers/net/gianfar.c b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
index 002f8ba..5a1a116 100644
--- a/drivers/net/gianfar.c
+++ b/drivers/net/gianfar.c
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@
 static void gfar_timeout(struct net_device *dev);
 static int gfar_close(struct net_device *dev);
 struct sk_buff *gfar_new_skb(struct net_device *dev, struct rxbd8 *bdp);
-static struct net_device_stats *gfar_get_stats(struct net_device *dev);
 static int gfar_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev);
 static int gfar_change_mtu(struct net_device *dev, int new_mtu);
 static irqreturn_t gfar_error(int irq, void *dev_id);
@@ -266,7 +265,6 @@
 	dev->poll_controller = gfar_netpoll;
 #endif
 	dev->stop = gfar_close;
-	dev->get_stats = gfar_get_stats;
 	dev->change_mtu = gfar_change_mtu;
 	dev->mtu = 1500;
 	dev->set_multicast_list = gfar_set_multi;
@@ -1013,7 +1011,7 @@
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	/* Update transmit stats */
-	priv->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
+	dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
 
 	/* Lock priv now */
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->txlock, flags);
@@ -1086,7 +1084,7 @@
 	if (txbdp == priv->dirty_tx) {
 		netif_stop_queue(dev);
 
-		priv->stats.tx_fifo_errors++;
+		dev->stats.tx_fifo_errors++;
 	}
 
 	/* Update the current txbd to the next one */
@@ -1119,14 +1117,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/* returns a net_device_stats structure pointer */
-static struct net_device_stats * gfar_get_stats(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	struct gfar_private *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
-
-	return &(priv->stats);
-}
-
 /* Changes the mac address if the controller is not running. */
 int gfar_set_mac_address(struct net_device *dev)
 {
@@ -1238,7 +1228,7 @@
 {
 	struct gfar_private *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-	priv->stats.tx_errors++;
+	dev->stats.tx_errors++;
 
 	if (dev->flags & IFF_UP) {
 		stop_gfar(dev);
@@ -1268,12 +1258,12 @@
 		if ((bdp == priv->cur_tx) && (netif_queue_stopped(dev) == 0))
 			break;
 
-		priv->stats.tx_packets++;
+		dev->stats.tx_packets++;
 
 		/* Deferred means some collisions occurred during transmit, */
 		/* but we eventually sent the packet. */
 		if (bdp->status & TXBD_DEF)
-			priv->stats.collisions++;
+			dev->stats.collisions++;
 
 		/* Free the sk buffer associated with this TxBD */
 		dev_kfree_skb_irq(priv->tx_skbuff[priv->skb_dirtytx]);
@@ -1345,7 +1335,7 @@
 
 static inline void count_errors(unsigned short status, struct gfar_private *priv)
 {
-	struct net_device_stats *stats = &priv->stats;
+	struct net_device_stats *stats = &dev->stats;
 	struct gfar_extra_stats *estats = &priv->extra_stats;
 
 	/* If the packet was truncated, none of the other errors
@@ -1470,7 +1460,7 @@
 	if (NULL == skb) {
 		if (netif_msg_rx_err(priv))
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: Missing skb!!.\n", dev->name);
-		priv->stats.rx_dropped++;
+		dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
 		priv->extra_stats.rx_skbmissing++;
 	} else {
 		int ret;
@@ -1528,7 +1518,7 @@
 		      (RXBD_LARGE | RXBD_SHORT | RXBD_NONOCTET
 		       | RXBD_CRCERR | RXBD_OVERRUN | RXBD_TRUNCATED))) {
 			/* Increment the number of packets */
-			priv->stats.rx_packets++;
+			dev->stats.rx_packets++;
 			howmany++;
 
 			/* Remove the FCS from the packet length */
@@ -1536,7 +1526,7 @@
 
 			gfar_process_frame(dev, skb, pkt_len);
 
-			priv->stats.rx_bytes += pkt_len;
+			dev->stats.rx_bytes += pkt_len;
 		} else {
 			count_errors(bdp->status, priv);
 
@@ -1916,17 +1906,17 @@
 
 	/* Update the error counters */
 	if (events & IEVENT_TXE) {
-		priv->stats.tx_errors++;
+		dev->stats.tx_errors++;
 
 		if (events & IEVENT_LC)
-			priv->stats.tx_window_errors++;
+			dev->stats.tx_window_errors++;
 		if (events & IEVENT_CRL)
-			priv->stats.tx_aborted_errors++;
+			dev->stats.tx_aborted_errors++;
 		if (events & IEVENT_XFUN) {
 			if (netif_msg_tx_err(priv))
 				printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: TX FIFO underrun, "
 				       "packet dropped.\n", dev->name);
-			priv->stats.tx_dropped++;
+			dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
 			priv->extra_stats.tx_underrun++;
 
 			/* Reactivate the Tx Queues */
@@ -1936,7 +1926,7 @@
 			printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s: Transmit Error\n", dev->name);
 	}
 	if (events & IEVENT_BSY) {
-		priv->stats.rx_errors++;
+		dev->stats.rx_errors++;
 		priv->extra_stats.rx_bsy++;
 
 		gfar_receive(irq, dev_id);
@@ -1951,7 +1941,7 @@
 			       dev->name, gfar_read(&priv->regs->rstat));
 	}
 	if (events & IEVENT_BABR) {
-		priv->stats.rx_errors++;
+		dev->stats.rx_errors++;
 		priv->extra_stats.rx_babr++;
 
 		if (netif_msg_rx_err(priv))