diff --git a/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_net_sum.c b/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_net_sum.c
index f02e89ce4df1096cc95deabacae29486734648c4..5da7c562a90b5dc557524ed1ae6f41bce7258bac 100644
--- a/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_net_sum.c
+++ b/arch/s390/appldata/appldata_net_sum.c
@@ -85,9 +85,10 @@ static void appldata_get_net_sum_data(void *data)
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	for_each_netdev_rcu(&init_net, dev) {
+		const struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats;
 		struct rtnl_link_stats64 temp;
-		const struct net_device_stats *stats = dev_get_stats(dev, &temp);
 
+		stats = dev_get_stats(dev, &temp);
 		rx_packets += stats->rx_packets;
 		tx_packets += stats->tx_packets;
 		rx_bytes   += stats->rx_bytes;