diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
index 2cf6816f1426..01d0895b6264 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_main.c
@@ -3521,11 +3521,32 @@ static int mlx5e_setup_tc(struct net_device *dev, enum tc_setup_type type,
 	}
 }
 
+static void mlx5e_fold_sw_stats64(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, struct rtnl_link_stats64 *s)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < mlx5e_get_netdev_max_channels(priv->netdev); i++) {
+		struct mlx5e_channel_stats *channel_stats = &priv->channel_stats[i];
+		struct mlx5e_rq_stats *rq_stats = &channel_stats->rq;
+		int j;
+
+		s->rx_packets   += rq_stats->packets;
+		s->rx_bytes     += rq_stats->bytes;
+
+		for (j = 0; j < priv->max_opened_tc; j++) {
+			struct mlx5e_sq_stats *sq_stats = &channel_stats->sq[j];
+
+			s->tx_packets    += sq_stats->packets;
+			s->tx_bytes      += sq_stats->bytes;
+			s->tx_dropped    += sq_stats->dropped;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 void
 mlx5e_get_stats(struct net_device *dev, struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats)
 {
 	struct mlx5e_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
-	struct mlx5e_sw_stats *sstats = &priv->stats.sw;
 	struct mlx5e_vport_stats *vstats = &priv->stats.vport;
 	struct mlx5e_pport_stats *pstats = &priv->stats.pport;
 
@@ -3540,12 +3561,7 @@ mlx5e_get_stats(struct net_device *dev, struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats)
 		stats->tx_packets = PPORT_802_3_GET(pstats, a_frames_transmitted_ok);
 		stats->tx_bytes   = PPORT_802_3_GET(pstats, a_octets_transmitted_ok);
 	} else {
-		mlx5e_grp_sw_update_stats(priv);
-		stats->rx_packets = sstats->rx_packets;
-		stats->rx_bytes   = sstats->rx_bytes;
-		stats->tx_packets = sstats->tx_packets;
-		stats->tx_bytes   = sstats->tx_bytes;
-		stats->tx_dropped = sstats->tx_queue_dropped;
+		mlx5e_fold_sw_stats64(priv, stats);
 	}
 
 	stats->rx_dropped = priv->stats.qcnt.rx_out_of_buffer;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c
index d3fe48ff9da9..1a78e05cbba8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.c
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@ static int mlx5e_grp_sw_fill_stats(struct mlx5e_priv *priv, u64 *data, int idx)
 	return idx;
 }
 
-void mlx5e_grp_sw_update_stats(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
+static void mlx5e_grp_sw_update_stats(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
 {
-	struct mlx5e_sw_stats temp, *s = &temp;
+	struct mlx5e_sw_stats *s = &priv->stats.sw;
 	int i;
 
 	memset(s, 0, sizeof(*s));
@@ -212,8 +212,6 @@ void mlx5e_grp_sw_update_stats(struct mlx5e_priv *priv)
 			s->tx_cqes		+= sq_stats->cqes;
 		}
 	}
-
-	memcpy(&priv->stats.sw, s, sizeof(*s));
 }
 
 static const struct counter_desc q_stats_desc[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.h
index fe91ec06e3c7..4640d4f986f8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_stats.h
@@ -277,7 +277,6 @@ struct mlx5e_stats_grp {
 extern const struct mlx5e_stats_grp mlx5e_stats_grps[];
 extern const int mlx5e_num_stats_grps;
 
-void mlx5e_grp_sw_update_stats(struct mlx5e_priv *priv);
 void mlx5e_grp_802_3_update_stats(struct mlx5e_priv *priv);
 
 #endif /* __MLX5_EN_STATS_H__ */