diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/seco_px30_d23-linux_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/seco_px30_d23-linux_defconfig
index 1762a29412acb5c16d0ba76a31d2bce6d3956c4b..19e70f19160c6f2f70106714e09235be1d0605df 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/seco_px30_d23-linux_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/seco_px30_d23-linux_defconfig
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ CONFIG_MICREL_PHY=y
 CONFIG_MICROCHIP_PHY=y
 CONFIG_FIXED_PHY=y
 CONFIG_USB_USBNET=y
+CONFIG_DUMMY_STATS_TO_AVOID_CRASH=y
 CONFIG_USB_NET_QMI_WWAN=y
 CONFIG_BRCMFMAC=m
 # CONFIG_RTL_CARDS is not set
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/Kconfig b/drivers/net/usb/Kconfig
index 3a7286256db090c56396b6dd7b6d8b1b4c2091ef..1159c1640179689315db1afb53cc777d3f6a3f59 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/Kconfig
@@ -152,6 +152,14 @@ config USB_USBNET
 	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
 	  module will be called usbnet.
 
+config DUMMY_STATS_TO_AVOID_CRASH
+	tristate "Use dummy stats to avpoid crash with buggy LTE modems"
+	depends on USB_USBNET
+	default n
+	help
+	  This option enable dummy stats insthad of native one to avoid
+	  crash when the function get_stats is called
+
 config USB_NET_AX8817X
 	tristate "ASIX AX88xxx Based USB 2.0 Ethernet Adapters"
 	depends on USB_USBNET
diff --git a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
index 99edd0f098403d0cf165f5328d368f41a3c645a3..64c2dfc19d33e3f480a2616e065c5aaa5c3de09a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usbnet_set_settings);
 struct rtnl_link_stats64 *
 usbnet_get_stats64(struct net_device *net, struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats)
 {
-#ifdef DUMMY_STATS_TO_AVOID_CRASH
+#ifdef CONFIG_DUMMY_STATS_TO_AVOID_CRASH
 	stats->rx_packets = 0;
 	stats->rx_bytes = 0;
 	stats->tx_packets = 0;
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ usbnet_get_stats64(struct net_device *net, struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats)
 		stats->tx_packets += tx_packets;
 		stats->tx_bytes += tx_bytes;
 	}
-#endif /* DUMMY_STATS_TO_AVOID_CRASH */
+#endif /* CONFIG_DUMMY_STATS_TO_AVOID_CRASH */
 	return stats;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usbnet_get_stats64);