diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 6ad5aadf81ad73b53f7e2320c87fe265140df691..a931229856b64624922c4ea1729771f26fd9b4e3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -1520,6 +1520,7 @@ int ip6_push_pending_frames(struct sock *sk)
 	ip6_cork_release(inet, np);
 	return err;
 error:
+	IP6_INC_STATS(net, rt->rt6i_idev, IPSTATS_MIB_OUTDISCARDS);
 	goto out;
 }