diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
index 592a4d66169c711ccef3b94dcbc626b13fd374f5..f5dcde27e40281d3b7dc8cf05468eec704b98f40 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_main.c
@@ -4719,8 +4719,6 @@ static int init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out_free_adapter;
 		}
-		t4_write_reg(adapter, SGE_STAT_CFG_A,
-			     STATSOURCE_T5_V(7) | STATMODE_V(0));
 	}
 
 	setup_memwin(adapter);
@@ -4732,6 +4730,11 @@ static int init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	if (err)
 		goto out_unmap_bar;
 
+	/* configure SGE_STAT_CFG_A to read WC stats */
+	if (!is_t4(adapter->params.chip))
+		t4_write_reg(adapter, SGE_STAT_CFG_A,
+			     STATSOURCE_T5_V(7) | STATMODE_V(0));
+
 	for_each_port(adapter, i) {
 		struct net_device *netdev;