diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
index a15bf2ede89bf..c3007f3e16f8c 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c
@@ -2644,6 +2644,7 @@ 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;