diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index bb81050c870e0..ea7bf1b4172db 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -2664,6 +2664,7 @@ static void xs_tcp_tls_setup_socket(struct work_struct *work)
 		.xprtsec	= {
 			.policy		= RPC_XPRTSEC_NONE,
 		},
+		.stats		= upper_clnt->cl_stats,
 	};
 	unsigned int pflags = current->flags;
 	struct rpc_clnt *lower_clnt;