diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 9e21dd9da974..ea310c4cb0e4 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d231776fda4a1ed754298720c5fbc29eb34f130c
+refs/heads/master: e98def1f71fa0a6a37e12a56eb52ce5ed9e2e800
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/net/niu.c b/trunk/drivers/net/niu.c
index 671721c8ca65..f219f16ec97a 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/net/niu.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/net/niu.c
@@ -3618,7 +3618,9 @@ static int niu_rx_work(struct niu *np, struct rx_ring_info *rp, int budget)
 
 	nw64(RX_DMA_CTL_STAT(rp->rx_channel), stat);
 
-	niu_sync_rx_discard_stats(np, rp, 0x7FFF);
+	/* Only sync discards stats when qlen indicate potential for drops */
+	if (qlen > 10)
+		niu_sync_rx_discard_stats(np, rp, 0x7FFF);
 
 	return work_done;
 }