diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
index 1e37eb98c4e2..344cb5fa512d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/nvidia/forcedeth.c
@@ -4566,7 +4566,7 @@ static void nv_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_stats *e
 	struct fe_priv *np = netdev_priv(dev);
 
 	/* update stats */
-	nv_do_stats_poll((unsigned long)dev);
+	nv_get_hw_stats(dev);
 
 	memcpy(buffer, &np->estats, nv_get_sset_count(dev, ETH_SS_STATS)*sizeof(u64));
 }