diff --git a/drivers/net/can/vxcan.c b/drivers/net/can/vxcan.c
index fa47bab510bb90cb35bcc56fe9d0275dccc57cf4..f9a524c5f6d62710722b920b615154670dfc8992 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/vxcan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/vxcan.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t vxcan_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	struct net_device *peer;
 	struct canfd_frame *cfd = (struct canfd_frame *)skb->data;
 	struct net_device_stats *peerstats, *srcstats = &dev->stats;
+	u8 len;
 
 	if (can_dropped_invalid_skb(dev, skb))
 		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
@@ -61,12 +62,13 @@ static netdev_tx_t vxcan_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	skb->dev        = peer;
 	skb->ip_summed  = CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY;
 
+	len = cfd->len;
 	if (netif_rx_ni(skb) == NET_RX_SUCCESS) {
 		srcstats->tx_packets++;
-		srcstats->tx_bytes += cfd->len;
+		srcstats->tx_bytes += len;
 		peerstats = &peer->stats;
 		peerstats->rx_packets++;
-		peerstats->rx_bytes += cfd->len;
+		peerstats->rx_bytes += len;
 	}
 
 out_unlock: