diff --git a/drivers/net/geneve.c b/drivers/net/geneve.c
index de5c30c9f059203040cc47e83cce76ae9e5bfde6..c2b79f5d1c89b6b5872c8197fde3eb2d806d4f36 100644
--- a/drivers/net/geneve.c
+++ b/drivers/net/geneve.c
@@ -967,8 +967,6 @@ static netdev_tx_t geneve6_xmit_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 	err = udp_tunnel6_xmit_skb(dst, gs6->sock->sk, skb, dev,
 				   &fl6.saddr, &fl6.daddr, prio, ttl,
 				   sport, geneve->dst_port, !udp_csum);
-
-	iptunnel_xmit_stats(err, &dev->stats, dev->tstats);
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 
 tx_error: