unsigned char           *xhead; /* pointer to next byte to XMIT */
        int                     xleft;  /* bytes left in XMIT queue     */
 
-       struct net_device_stats stats;
-
        /* Detailed SLIP statistics. */
        int             mtu;            /* Our mtu (to spot changes!)   */
        int             buffsize;       /* Max buffers sizes            */
        if (ax->rbuff[0] > 0x0f) {
                if (ax->rbuff[0] & 0x80) {
                        if (check_crc_16(ax->rbuff, ax->rcount) < 0) {
-                               ax->stats.rx_errors++;
+                               ax->dev->stats.rx_errors++;
                                spin_unlock_bh(&ax->buflock);
 
                                return;
                        *ax->rbuff &= ~0x80;
                } else if (ax->rbuff[0] & 0x20)  {
                        if (check_crc_flex(ax->rbuff, ax->rcount) < 0) {
-                               ax->stats.rx_errors++;
+                               ax->dev->stats.rx_errors++;
                                spin_unlock_bh(&ax->buflock);
                                return;
                        }
        if ((skb = dev_alloc_skb(count)) == NULL) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "mkiss: %s: memory squeeze, dropping packet.\n",
                       ax->dev->name);
-               ax->stats.rx_dropped++;
+               ax->dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
                spin_unlock_bh(&ax->buflock);
                return;
        }
        memcpy(skb_put(skb,count), ax->rbuff, count);
        skb->protocol = ax25_type_trans(skb, ax->dev);
        netif_rx(skb);
-       ax->stats.rx_packets++;
-       ax->stats.rx_bytes += count;
+       ax->dev->stats.rx_packets++;
+       ax->dev->stats.rx_bytes += count;
        spin_unlock_bh(&ax->buflock);
 }
 
                        return;
                }
 
-               ax->stats.rx_over_errors++;
+               ax->dev->stats.rx_over_errors++;
                set_bit(AXF_ERROR, &ax->flags);
        }
        spin_unlock_bh(&ax->buflock);
                        memcpy(ax->xbuff, ax->xhead, ax->xleft);
                } else  {
                        ax->xleft = 0;
-                       ax->stats.tx_dropped++;
+                       dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
                }
        }
 
                        memcpy(ax->rbuff, orbuff, ax->rcount);
                } else  {
                        ax->rcount = 0;
-                       ax->stats.rx_over_errors++;
+                       dev->stats.rx_over_errors++;
                        set_bit(AXF_ERROR, &ax->flags);
                }
        }
        if (len > ax->mtu) {            /* Sigh, shouldn't occur BUT ... */
                len = ax->mtu;
                printk(KERN_ERR "mkiss: %s: truncating oversized transmit packet!\n", ax->dev->name);
-               ax->stats.tx_dropped++;
+               dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
                netif_start_queue(dev);
                return;
        }
 
        set_bit(TTY_DO_WRITE_WAKEUP, &ax->tty->flags);
        actual = ax->tty->ops->write(ax->tty, ax->xbuff, count);
-       ax->stats.tx_packets++;
-       ax->stats.tx_bytes += actual;
+       dev->stats.tx_packets++;
+       dev->stats.tx_bytes += actual;
 
        ax->dev->trans_start = jiffies;
        ax->xleft = count - actual;
        return 0;
 }
 
-static struct net_device_stats *ax_get_stats(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-       struct mkiss *ax = netdev_priv(dev);
-
-       return &ax->stats;
-}
-
 static const struct header_ops ax_header_ops = {
        .create    = ax_header,
        .rebuild   = ax_rebuild_header,
        dev->hard_start_xmit = ax_xmit;
        dev->open            = ax_open_dev;
        dev->stop            = ax_close;
-       dev->get_stats       = ax_get_stats;
        dev->set_mac_address = ax_set_mac_address;
        dev->hard_header_len = 0;
        dev->addr_len        = 0;
        while (count--) {
                if (fp != NULL && *fp++) {
                        if (!test_and_set_bit(AXF_ERROR, &ax->flags))
-                               ax->stats.rx_errors++;
+                               ax->dev->stats.rx_errors++;
                        cp++;
                        continue;
                }