diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/dscc4.c b/drivers/net/wan/dscc4.c
index c6f26e2..50ef5b4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/dscc4.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/dscc4.c
@@ -642,7 +642,6 @@
 				struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct RxFD *rx_fd = dpriv->rx_fd + dpriv->rx_current%RX_RING_SIZE;
-	struct net_device_stats *stats = hdlc_stats(dev);
 	struct pci_dev *pdev = dpriv->pci_priv->pdev;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int pkt_len;
@@ -656,8 +655,8 @@
 	pci_unmap_single(pdev, le32_to_cpu(rx_fd->data),
 			 RX_MAX(HDLC_MAX_MRU), PCI_DMA_FROMDEVICE);
 	if ((skb->data[--pkt_len] & FrameOk) == FrameOk) {
-		stats->rx_packets++;
-		stats->rx_bytes += pkt_len;
+		dev->stats.rx_packets++;
+		dev->stats.rx_bytes += pkt_len;
 		skb_put(skb, pkt_len);
 		if (netif_running(dev))
 			skb->protocol = hdlc_type_trans(skb, dev);
@@ -665,13 +664,13 @@
 		netif_rx(skb);
 	} else {
 		if (skb->data[pkt_len] & FrameRdo)
-			stats->rx_fifo_errors++;
+			dev->stats.rx_fifo_errors++;
 		else if (!(skb->data[pkt_len] | ~FrameCrc))
-			stats->rx_crc_errors++;
+			dev->stats.rx_crc_errors++;
 		else if (!(skb->data[pkt_len] | ~(FrameVfr | FrameRab)))
-			stats->rx_length_errors++;
+			dev->stats.rx_length_errors++;
 		else
-			stats->rx_errors++;
+			dev->stats.rx_errors++;
 		dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
 	}
 refill:
@@ -1569,7 +1568,6 @@
 
 	if (state & SccEvt) {
 		if (state & Alls) {
-			struct net_device_stats *stats = hdlc_stats(dev);
 			struct sk_buff *skb;
 			struct TxFD *tx_fd;
 
@@ -1586,8 +1584,8 @@
 				pci_unmap_single(ppriv->pdev, le32_to_cpu(tx_fd->data),
 						 skb->len, PCI_DMA_TODEVICE);
 				if (tx_fd->state & FrameEnd) {
-					stats->tx_packets++;
-					stats->tx_bytes += skb->len;
+					dev->stats.tx_packets++;
+					dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
 				}
 				dev_kfree_skb_irq(skb);
 				dpriv->tx_skbuff[cur] = NULL;
@@ -1698,7 +1696,7 @@
 		}
 		if (state & Err) {
 			printk(KERN_INFO "%s: Tx ERR\n", dev->name);
-			hdlc_stats(dev)->tx_errors++;
+			dev->stats.tx_errors++;
 			state &= ~Err;
 		}
 	}
@@ -1834,7 +1832,7 @@
 				if (!(rx_fd->state2 & DataComplete))
 					break;
 				if (rx_fd->state2 & FrameAborted) {
-					hdlc_stats(dev)->rx_over_errors++;
+					dev->stats.rx_over_errors++;
 					rx_fd->state1 |= Hold;
 					rx_fd->state2 = 0x00000000;
 					rx_fd->end = cpu_to_le32(0xbabeface);