diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 62737f437c8e0f0e7d3faf0fdabed905bc2444cf..6128aac01b11248b69835114604c06a299b0eac0 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1391,15 +1391,6 @@ static const struct nla_policy ifla_vf_policy[IFLA_VF_MAX+1] = {
 	[IFLA_VF_TRUST]		= { .len = sizeof(struct ifla_vf_trust) },
 };
 
-static const struct nla_policy ifla_vf_stats_policy[IFLA_VF_STATS_MAX + 1] = {
-	[IFLA_VF_STATS_RX_PACKETS]	= { .type = NLA_U64 },
-	[IFLA_VF_STATS_TX_PACKETS]	= { .type = NLA_U64 },
-	[IFLA_VF_STATS_RX_BYTES]	= { .type = NLA_U64 },
-	[IFLA_VF_STATS_TX_BYTES]	= { .type = NLA_U64 },
-	[IFLA_VF_STATS_BROADCAST]	= { .type = NLA_U64 },
-	[IFLA_VF_STATS_MULTICAST]	= { .type = NLA_U64 },
-};
-
 static const struct nla_policy ifla_port_policy[IFLA_PORT_MAX+1] = {
 	[IFLA_PORT_VF]		= { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[IFLA_PORT_PROFILE]	= { .type = NLA_STRING,