diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
index 5fd07581efaf..e9cc315832cb 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c
@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ static void ip6_dev_free(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	gro_cells_destroy(&t->gro_cells);
 	dst_cache_destroy(&t->dst_cache);
-	free_percpu(dev->tstats);
 }
 
 static int ip6_tnl_create2(struct net_device *dev)
@@ -1848,6 +1847,7 @@ static void ip6_tnl_dev_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->flags |= IFF_NOARP;
 	dev->addr_len = sizeof(struct in6_addr);
 	dev->features |= NETIF_F_LLTX;
+	dev->pcpu_stat_type = NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_TSTATS;
 	netif_keep_dst(dev);
 
 	dev->features		|= IPXIPX_FEATURES;
@@ -1873,13 +1873,10 @@ ip6_tnl_dev_init_gen(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	t->dev = dev;
 	t->net = dev_net(dev);
-	dev->tstats = netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats(struct pcpu_sw_netstats);
-	if (!dev->tstats)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	ret = dst_cache_init(&t->dst_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (ret)
-		goto free_stats;
+		return ret;
 
 	ret = gro_cells_init(&t->gro_cells, dev);
 	if (ret)
@@ -1903,9 +1900,6 @@ ip6_tnl_dev_init_gen(struct net_device *dev)
 
 destroy_dst:
 	dst_cache_destroy(&t->dst_cache);
-free_stats:
-	free_percpu(dev->tstats);
-	dev->tstats = NULL;
 
 	return ret;
 }