diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic.h
index ff80cd8f6d2b59f56349f28e1d5378728d6c7386..f2a7c7166e2408a747dd03ef0fc456ba6121486c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic.h
@@ -1711,6 +1711,7 @@ int qlcnic_83xx_init_mailbox_work(struct qlcnic_adapter *);
 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 e3be2760665cd9e0781dc967a813fd1976778c3e..7b36340a1b348571f5956f16d697091ed4a2ea21 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_ethtool.c
@@ -1267,7 +1267,7 @@ static u64 *qlcnic_fill_stats(u64 *data, void *stats, int type)
 	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 b8a245a79de350362e188fb8efc02a1728cbdf09..550791b8fbae98404f4be790520d0c4985871802 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qlcnic/qlcnic_main.c
@@ -2780,6 +2780,9 @@ static struct net_device_stats *qlcnic_get_stats(struct net_device *netdev)
 	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;