diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_ethtool.c
index 28fdedc30b746dae3667f6f274a2c24068b21749..217cde86e1174ae596ea8c44c1346f69aaba70ef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_ethtool.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ struct xgene_gstrings_stats {
 	int offset;
 };
 
-#define XGENE_STAT(m) { #m, offsetof(struct xgene_enet_pdata, stats.m) }
+#define XGENE_STAT(m) { #m, offsetof(struct rtnl_link_stats64, m) }
 
 static const struct xgene_gstrings_stats gstrings_stats[] = {
 	XGENE_STAT(rx_packets),
@@ -156,11 +156,12 @@ static void xgene_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *ndev,
 				    struct ethtool_stats *dummy,
 				    u64 *data)
 {
-	void *pdata = netdev_priv(ndev);
+	struct rtnl_link_stats64 stats;
 	int i;
 
+	dev_get_stats(ndev, &stats);
 	for (i = 0; i < XGENE_STATS_LEN; i++)
-		*data++ = *(u64 *)(pdata + gstrings_stats[i].offset);
+		data[i] = *(u64 *)((char *)&stats + gstrings_stats[i].offset);
 }
 
 static void xgene_get_pauseparam(struct net_device *ndev,
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c
index 9a28ac3b7687e209f986fc9c3ea0bf5cfa8dfbde..e4f2ef2d750beb04a2cbfe66bd062c313a264555 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.c
@@ -1466,10 +1466,9 @@ static int xgene_enet_create_desc_rings(struct net_device *ndev)
 
 static void xgene_enet_get_stats64(
 			struct net_device *ndev,
-			struct rtnl_link_stats64 *storage)
+			struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats)
 {
 	struct xgene_enet_pdata *pdata = netdev_priv(ndev);
-	struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats = &pdata->stats;
 	struct xgene_enet_desc_ring *ring;
 	int i;
 
@@ -1493,7 +1492,6 @@ static void xgene_enet_get_stats64(
 			stats->rx_dropped += ring->rx_dropped;
 		}
 	}
-	memcpy(storage, stats, sizeof(struct rtnl_link_stats64));
 }
 
 static int xgene_enet_set_mac_address(struct net_device *ndev, void *addr)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.h
index 827b33da6384912ff5ab802482ef163cc57b1790..5e6fd718b685798632aa27184e222735c442ee7a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/apm/xgene/xgene_enet_main.h
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ struct xgene_enet_pdata {
 	int phy_mode;
 	enum xgene_enet_rm rm;
 	struct xgene_enet_cle cle;
-	struct rtnl_link_stats64 stats;
 	const struct xgene_mac_ops *mac_ops;
 	spinlock_t mac_lock; /* mac lock */
 	const struct xgene_port_ops *port_ops;