diff --git a/drivers/net/macvtap.c b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
index dc76670c2f2a16c244d0ec58a779a8742d0e6c3e..0605da8e25f5d992258a17e014010a8fe60f8adc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvtap.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvtap.c
@@ -744,7 +744,7 @@ static ssize_t macvtap_get_user(struct macvtap_queue *q, struct msghdr *m,
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	vlan = rcu_dereference(q->vlan);
 	if (vlan)
-		vlan->dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
+		this_cpu_inc(vlan->pcpu_stats->tx_dropped);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return err;