diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 2a0e21d..005be70 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ static unsigned int rtnl_dev_combine_flags(const struct net_device *dev,
 }
 
 static void copy_rtnl_link_stats(struct rtnl_link_stats *a,
-				 const struct rtnl_link_stats64 *b)
+				 const struct net_device_stats *b)
 {
 	a->rx_packets = b->rx_packets;
 	a->tx_packets = b->tx_packets;
@@ -876,6 +876,8 @@ static int rtnl_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	struct nlattr *attr, *af_spec;
 	struct rtnl_af_ops *af_ops;
 	struct net_device *upper_dev = netdev_master_upper_dev_get(dev);
+	const struct net_device_stats *stats32 = &dev->stats;
+	const struct net_device_ops *ops = dev->netdev_ops;
 
 	ASSERT_RTNL();
 	nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, pid, seq, type, sizeof(*ifm), flags);
@@ -940,9 +942,11 @@ static int rtnl_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (attr == NULL)
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	stats = dev_get_stats(dev, &temp);
-	copy_rtnl_link_stats(nla_data(attr), stats);
+	if (ops->ndo_get_stats)
+		stats32 = ops->ndo_get_stats(dev);
+	copy_rtnl_link_stats(nla_data(attr), stats32);
 
+	stats = dev_get_stats(dev, &temp);
 	attr = nla_reserve(skb, IFLA_STATS64,
 			sizeof(struct rtnl_link_stats64));
 	if (attr == NULL)