diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c
index b5a61b16a7eab..ab09d110760ec 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_core.c
@@ -442,12 +442,12 @@ static int ipvlan_process_v4_outbound(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	err = ip_local_out(net, skb->sk, skb);
 	if (unlikely(net_xmit_eval(err)))
-		DEV_STATS_INC(dev, tx_errors);
+		dev->stats.tx_errors++;
 	else
 		ret = NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
 	goto out;
 err:
-	DEV_STATS_INC(dev, tx_errors);
+	dev->stats.tx_errors++;
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 out:
 	return ret;
@@ -483,12 +483,12 @@ static int ipvlan_process_v6_outbound(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	err = ip6_local_out(net, skb->sk, skb);
 	if (unlikely(net_xmit_eval(err)))
-		DEV_STATS_INC(dev, tx_errors);
+		dev->stats.tx_errors++;
 	else
 		ret = NET_XMIT_SUCCESS;
 	goto out;
 err:
-	DEV_STATS_INC(dev, tx_errors);
+	dev->stats.tx_errors++;
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 out:
 	return ret;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
index 4edec38437d00..5fea2e4a93101 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipvlan/ipvlan_main.c
@@ -320,7 +320,6 @@ static void ipvlan_get_stats64(struct net_device *dev,
 		s->rx_dropped = rx_errs;
 		s->tx_dropped = tx_drps;
 	}
-	s->tx_errors = DEV_STATS_READ(dev, tx_errors);
 }
 
 static int ipvlan_vlan_rx_add_vid(struct net_device *dev, __be16 proto, u16 vid)