diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.h
index c865135f3cb91bcb120e0b91aaba000577689e66..5ea740b4cf14c9db2350b6f46feb70c365e82a21 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec.h
@@ -574,6 +574,8 @@ struct fec_enet_private {
 	unsigned int reload_period;
 	int pps_enable;
 	unsigned int next_counter;
+
+	u64 ethtool_stats[0];
 };
 
 void fec_ptp_init(struct platform_device *pdev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
index 74dcdf0973487ac4b558aa1bf20c28fba18f4d81..5f77caa59534d7e79f63ea5a718bccef6b61d7ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fec_main.c
@@ -2313,14 +2313,24 @@ static const struct fec_stat {
 	{ "IEEE_rx_octets_ok", IEEE_R_OCTETS_OK },
 };
 
-static void fec_enet_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *dev,
-	struct ethtool_stats *stats, u64 *data)
+static void fec_enet_update_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct fec_enet_private *fep = netdev_priv(dev);
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(fec_stats); i++)
-		data[i] = readl(fep->hwp + fec_stats[i].offset);
+		fep->ethtool_stats[i] = readl(fep->hwp + fec_stats[i].offset);
+}
+
+static void fec_enet_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *dev,
+				       struct ethtool_stats *stats, u64 *data)
+{
+	struct fec_enet_private *fep = netdev_priv(dev);
+
+	if (netif_running(dev))
+		fec_enet_update_ethtool_stats(dev);
+
+	memcpy(data, fep->ethtool_stats, ARRAY_SIZE(fec_stats) * sizeof(u64));
 }
 
 static void fec_enet_get_strings(struct net_device *netdev,
@@ -2874,6 +2884,8 @@ fec_enet_close(struct net_device *ndev)
 	if (fep->quirks & FEC_QUIRK_ERR006687)
 		imx6q_cpuidle_fec_irqs_unused();
 
+	fec_enet_update_ethtool_stats(ndev);
+
 	fec_enet_clk_enable(ndev, false);
 	pinctrl_pm_select_sleep_state(&fep->pdev->dev);
 	pm_runtime_mark_last_busy(&fep->pdev->dev);
@@ -3180,6 +3192,8 @@ static int fec_enet_init(struct net_device *ndev)
 
 	fec_restart(ndev);
 
+	fec_enet_update_ethtool_stats(ndev);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -3278,7 +3292,8 @@ fec_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	fec_enet_get_queue_num(pdev, &num_tx_qs, &num_rx_qs);
 
 	/* Init network device */
-	ndev = alloc_etherdev_mqs(sizeof(struct fec_enet_private),
+	ndev = alloc_etherdev_mqs(sizeof(struct fec_enet_private) +
+				  ARRAY_SIZE(fec_stats) * sizeof(u64),
 				  num_tx_qs, num_rx_qs);
 	if (!ndev)
 		return -ENOMEM;