diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 1422d6c083773549d667dc88ffe07d447d5c8e97..162efba0d0cd851848363588318cf6ade4a5a62c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -673,8 +673,6 @@ int ip6_fragment(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		*prevhdr = NEXTHDR_FRAGMENT;
 		tmp_hdr = kmemdup(skb_network_header(skb), hlen, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!tmp_hdr) {
-			IP6_INC_STATS(net, ip6_dst_idev(skb_dst(skb)),
-				      IPSTATS_MIB_FRAGFAILS);
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto fail;
 		}
@@ -789,8 +787,6 @@ int ip6_fragment(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		frag = alloc_skb(len + hlen + sizeof(struct frag_hdr) +
 				 hroom + troom, GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!frag) {
-			IP6_INC_STATS(net, ip6_dst_idev(skb_dst(skb)),
-				      IPSTATS_MIB_FRAGFAILS);
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto fail;
 		}