diff --git a/include/net/act_api.h b/include/net/act_api.h
index 9e90fdff470d5a8b358b35c8aa3bc660728ffc05..04c6825e172bbc40f1838a3fae20e07953e01f13 100644
--- a/include/net/act_api.h
+++ b/include/net/act_api.h
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ struct tc_action_ops {
 	__u32 	capab;  /* capabilities includes 4 bit version */
 	struct module		*owner;
 	int     (*act)(struct sk_buff *, const struct tc_action *, struct tcf_result *);
-	int     (*get_stats)(struct sk_buff *, struct tc_action *);
 	int     (*dump)(struct sk_buff *, struct tc_action *, int, int);
 	int     (*cleanup)(struct tc_action *, int bind);
 	int     (*lookup)(struct tc_action *, u32);
diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index 4adbce8f8314ae29d815a7d9d41ddb33fd54aa2f..51e28f7a463845748342196078548aab8b014ea7 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -637,10 +637,6 @@ int tcf_action_copy_stats(struct sk_buff *skb, struct tc_action *a,
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto errout;
 
-	if (a->ops != NULL && a->ops->get_stats != NULL)
-		if (a->ops->get_stats(skb, a) < 0)
-			goto errout;
-
 	if (gnet_stats_copy_basic(&d, &h->tcf_bstats) < 0 ||
 	    gnet_stats_copy_rate_est(&d, &h->tcf_bstats,
 				     &h->tcf_rate_est) < 0 ||