diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
index 4dd3e26129b44657cdb05e2e9335ab4f554bcd76..ca07a7b7642e8ae22b4d62f5629cccf5c406b2e7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e.h
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ struct i40e_vsi {
 	u32 tx_restart;
 	u32 tx_busy;
 	u64 tx_linearize;
+	u64 tx_force_wb;
 	u32 rx_buf_failed;
 	u32 rx_page_failed;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
index 3f385ffe420f712abbda79b14c46e2b6196d8dc8..eeb1af4885b2e4a09c1b20ca5d4776ab5fcb9bdb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ static const struct i40e_stats i40e_gstrings_misc_stats[] = {
 	I40E_VSI_STAT("tx_broadcast", eth_stats.tx_broadcast),
 	I40E_VSI_STAT("rx_unknown_protocol", eth_stats.rx_unknown_protocol),
 	I40E_VSI_STAT("tx_linearize", tx_linearize),
+	I40E_VSI_STAT("tx_force_wb", tx_force_wb),
 };
 
 /* These PF_STATs might look like duplicates of some NETDEV_STATs,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
index 781a6f4880f21ebf9d4b2ae5f7a93e7e4c11b48b..0e6abc2ec16dfd5051d82830f75c4bdfe89919a3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c
@@ -881,6 +881,7 @@ static void i40e_update_vsi_stats(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
 	u64 bytes, packets;
 	unsigned int start;
 	u64 tx_linearize;
+	u64 tx_force_wb;
 	u64 rx_p, rx_b;
 	u64 tx_p, tx_b;
 	u16 q;
@@ -899,7 +900,7 @@ static void i40e_update_vsi_stats(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
 	 */
 	rx_b = rx_p = 0;
 	tx_b = tx_p = 0;
-	tx_restart = tx_busy = tx_linearize = 0;
+	tx_restart = tx_busy = tx_linearize = tx_force_wb = 0;
 	rx_page = 0;
 	rx_buf = 0;
 	rcu_read_lock();
@@ -917,6 +918,7 @@ static void i40e_update_vsi_stats(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
 		tx_restart += p->tx_stats.restart_queue;
 		tx_busy += p->tx_stats.tx_busy;
 		tx_linearize += p->tx_stats.tx_linearize;
+		tx_force_wb += p->tx_stats.tx_force_wb;
 
 		/* Rx queue is part of the same block as Tx queue */
 		p = &p[1];
@@ -934,6 +936,7 @@ static void i40e_update_vsi_stats(struct i40e_vsi *vsi)
 	vsi->tx_restart = tx_restart;
 	vsi->tx_busy = tx_busy;
 	vsi->tx_linearize = tx_linearize;
+	vsi->tx_force_wb = tx_force_wb;
 	vsi->rx_page_failed = rx_page;
 	vsi->rx_buf_failed = rx_buf;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
index 98680b66d16e342b18dc0cf81af5c21db4df1c7e..dbd2bcae763de75afd3c98176d9bc0aab7f86fbd 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -1925,8 +1925,10 @@ int i40e_napi_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 	/* If work not completed, return budget and polling will return */
 	if (!clean_complete) {
 tx_only:
-		if (arm_wb)
+		if (arm_wb) {
+			q_vector->tx.ring[0].tx_stats.tx_force_wb++;
 			i40e_force_wb(vsi, q_vector);
+		}
 		return budget;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.h
index 6779fb771d6af9b9c8fcf46fd56ccb498c2951e3..dccc1eb576f251060376e6eb09bca71c3a4f807f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.h
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ struct i40e_tx_queue_stats {
 	u64 tx_busy;
 	u64 tx_done_old;
 	u64 tx_linearize;
+	u64 tx_force_wb;
 };
 
 struct i40e_rx_queue_stats {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
index a4eea089818614437df8f66156037fab0fc80835..8629a9f77e429bfd90063cae4acbe4f52bf9436d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.c
@@ -1363,8 +1363,10 @@ int i40evf_napi_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 	/* If work not completed, return budget and polling will return */
 	if (!clean_complete) {
 tx_only:
-		if (arm_wb)
+		if (arm_wb) {
+			q_vector->tx.ring[0].tx_stats.tx_force_wb++;
 			i40evf_force_wb(vsi, q_vector);
+		}
 		return budget;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.h
index ebc1bf77f03606fb05312b2a5c84e788b92435cb..997b374e86af8612819bfe9eb060aefb215219b8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40evf/i40e_txrx.h
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ struct i40e_tx_queue_stats {
 	u64 tx_busy;
 	u64 tx_done_old;
 	u64 tx_linearize;
+	u64 tx_force_wb;
 };
 
 struct i40e_rx_queue_stats {