diff --git a/net/ipv6/icmp.c b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
index ce7992982557d8cc28037bbb6388ede8f0e62d46..03e62f94ff8efb35a5c865322d72e623b539eeef 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ void icmpv6_send(struct sk_buff *skb, u8 type, u8 code, __u32 info)
 			      np->tclass, NULL, &fl, (struct rt6_info*)dst,
 			      MSG_DONTWAIT, np->dontfrag);
 	if (err) {
-		ICMP6_INC_STATS_BH(net, idev, ICMP6_MIB_OUTMSGS);
+		ICMP6_INC_STATS_BH(net, idev, ICMP6_MIB_OUTERRORS);
 		ip6_flush_pending_frames(sk);
 		goto out_put;
 	}
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ static void icmpv6_echo_reply(struct sk_buff *skb)
 				np->dontfrag);
 
 	if (err) {
-		ICMP6_INC_STATS_BH(net, idev, ICMP6_MIB_OUTMSGS);
+		ICMP6_INC_STATS_BH(net, idev, ICMP6_MIB_OUTERRORS);
 		ip6_flush_pending_frames(sk);
 		goto out_put;
 	}