diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 1dfca1c3f8f5dce66ce4b29644310a1fa40db2b8..937e459bdaa96e56c3c07932b87a7acb74698a15 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3669,10 +3669,6 @@ static int rtnl_fill_statsinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	return -EMSGSIZE;
 }
 
-static const struct nla_policy ifla_stats_policy[IFLA_STATS_MAX + 1] = {
-	[IFLA_STATS_LINK_64]	= { .len = sizeof(struct rtnl_link_stats64) },
-};
-
 static size_t if_nlmsg_stats_size(const struct net_device *dev,
 				  u32 filter_mask)
 {