diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index ac8cc1076536..54a8ea004da2 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -5784,6 +5784,27 @@ static void snmp6_fill_stats(u64 *stats, struct inet6_dev *idev, int attrtype,
 	}
 }
 
+static int inet6_fill_ifla6_stats_attrs(struct sk_buff *skb,
+					struct inet6_dev *idev)
+{
+	struct nlattr *nla;
+
+	nla = nla_reserve(skb, IFLA_INET6_STATS, IPSTATS_MIB_MAX * sizeof(u64));
+	if (!nla)
+		goto nla_put_failure;
+	snmp6_fill_stats(nla_data(nla), idev, IFLA_INET6_STATS, nla_len(nla));
+
+	nla = nla_reserve(skb, IFLA_INET6_ICMP6STATS, ICMP6_MIB_MAX * sizeof(u64));
+	if (!nla)
+		goto nla_put_failure;
+	snmp6_fill_stats(nla_data(nla), idev, IFLA_INET6_ICMP6STATS, nla_len(nla));
+
+	return 0;
+
+nla_put_failure:
+	return -EMSGSIZE;
+}
+
 static int inet6_fill_ifla6_attrs(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_dev *idev,
 				  u32 ext_filter_mask)
 {
@@ -5806,18 +5827,10 @@ static int inet6_fill_ifla6_attrs(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_dev *idev,
 
 	/* XXX - MC not implemented */
 
-	if (ext_filter_mask & RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS)
-		return 0;
-
-	nla = nla_reserve(skb, IFLA_INET6_STATS, IPSTATS_MIB_MAX * sizeof(u64));
-	if (!nla)
-		goto nla_put_failure;
-	snmp6_fill_stats(nla_data(nla), idev, IFLA_INET6_STATS, nla_len(nla));
-
-	nla = nla_reserve(skb, IFLA_INET6_ICMP6STATS, ICMP6_MIB_MAX * sizeof(u64));
-	if (!nla)
-		goto nla_put_failure;
-	snmp6_fill_stats(nla_data(nla), idev, IFLA_INET6_ICMP6STATS, nla_len(nla));
+	if (!(ext_filter_mask & RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS)) {
+		if (inet6_fill_ifla6_stats_attrs(skb, idev) < 0)
+			goto nla_put_failure;
+	}
 
 	nla = nla_reserve(skb, IFLA_INET6_TOKEN, sizeof(struct in6_addr));
 	if (!nla)