diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
index d1fc431cb1c9e830fecb23d44708a1c00fb27820..d7a0f4e361183e1f8a8dcc7a0c5b5435ac4aa6fb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgb/ixgb_main.c
@@ -1524,7 +1524,8 @@ ixgb_update_stats(struct ixgb_adapter *adapter)
 
 		multi |= ((u64)IXGB_READ_REG(&adapter->hw, MPRCH) << 32);
 		/* fix up multicast stats by removing broadcasts */
-		multi -= bcast;
+		if(multi >= bcast)
+			multi -= bcast;
 		
 		adapter->stats.mprcl += (multi & 0xFFFFFFFF);
 		adapter->stats.mprch += (multi >> 32);