diff --git a/net/dsa/tag_qca.c b/net/dsa/tag_qca.c
index c95885215525..c8a128c9e5e0 100644
--- a/net/dsa/tag_qca.c
+++ b/net/dsa/tag_qca.c
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ static struct sk_buff *qca_tag_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	struct dsa_port *dp = dsa_slave_to_port(dev);
 	u16 *phdr, hdr;
 
-	dev->stats.tx_packets++;
-	dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
-
 	if (skb_cow_head(skb, 0) < 0)
 		return NULL;