diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_ethtool.c
index fc82d0e115464ae15f6b271389de74174757d5f0..59ef272297abb5635ea5fba194bdebe1d7576c12 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_ethtool.c
@@ -483,6 +483,11 @@ static void hns3_get_stats(struct net_device *netdev,
 	struct hnae3_handle *h = hns3_get_handle(netdev);
 	u64 *p = data;
 
+	if (hns3_nic_resetting(netdev)) {
+		netdev_err(netdev, "dev resetting, could not get stats\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (!h->ae_algo->ops->get_stats || !h->ae_algo->ops->update_stats) {
 		netdev_err(netdev, "could not get any statistics\n");
 		return;