diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic.h
index 688828865c48253d5f96e0bd4cab4c315a635e37..8af363a9af6037487c472fde9e1fe8da70e4bf41 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nic.h
@@ -248,10 +248,13 @@ struct nicvf_drv_stats {
 	u64 rx_frames_jumbo;
 	u64 rx_drops;
 
+	u64 rcv_buffer_alloc_failures;
+
 	/* Tx */
 	u64 tx_frames_ok;
 	u64 tx_drops;
 	u64 tx_tso;
+	u64 tx_timeout;
 	u64 txq_stop;
 	u64 txq_wake;
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_ethtool.c
index a12b2e38cf61221fc4de44f6395eb60de76825a5..d2d8ef270142dbd3ec1fed3d019b106e6906cce4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_ethtool.c
@@ -89,9 +89,11 @@ static const struct nicvf_stat nicvf_drv_stats[] = {
 	NICVF_DRV_STAT(rx_frames_1518),
 	NICVF_DRV_STAT(rx_frames_jumbo),
 	NICVF_DRV_STAT(rx_drops),
+	NICVF_DRV_STAT(rcv_buffer_alloc_failures),
 	NICVF_DRV_STAT(tx_frames_ok),
 	NICVF_DRV_STAT(tx_tso),
 	NICVF_DRV_STAT(tx_drops),
+	NICVF_DRV_STAT(tx_timeout),
 	NICVF_DRV_STAT(txq_stop),
 	NICVF_DRV_STAT(txq_wake),
 };
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c
index c24cb2a86a42f997c31536947ff0ad7f37bd577c..95db6b7e3aab0718ea707e11f92e95c829f14d14 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_main.c
@@ -1394,6 +1394,7 @@ static void nicvf_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev)
 		netdev_warn(dev, "%s: Transmit timed out, resetting\n",
 			    dev->name);
 
+	nic->drv_stats.tx_timeout++;
 	schedule_work(&nic->reset_task);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.c
index d0d1b54900610046955a390f6f5c87ce45cbf1df..50ab6f4d8c196cadb788593f077633a6eea06cde 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/nicvf_queues.c
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ static inline int nicvf_alloc_rcv_buffer(struct nicvf *nic, gfp_t gfp,
 		nic->rb_page = alloc_pages(gfp | __GFP_COMP | __GFP_NOWARN,
 					   order);
 		if (!nic->rb_page) {
-			netdev_err(nic->netdev,
-				   "Failed to allocate new rcv buffer\n");
+			nic->drv_stats.rcv_buffer_alloc_failures++;
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
 		nic->rb_page_offset = 0;