/* rx stats */
        total += MAX_Q(lif) * IONIC_NUM_RX_STATS;
 
-       if (test_bit(IONIC_LIF_SW_DEBUG_STATS, lif->state)) {
+       if (test_bit(IONIC_LIF_UP, lif->state) &&
+           test_bit(IONIC_LIF_SW_DEBUG_STATS, lif->state)) {
                /* tx debug stats */
                total += MAX_Q(lif) * (IONIC_NUM_DBG_CQ_STATS +
                                      IONIC_NUM_TX_Q_STATS +
                        *buf += ETH_GSTRING_LEN;
                }
 
-               if (test_bit(IONIC_LIF_SW_DEBUG_STATS, lif->state)) {
+               if (test_bit(IONIC_LIF_UP, lif->state) &&
+                   test_bit(IONIC_LIF_SW_DEBUG_STATS, lif->state)) {
                        for (i = 0; i < IONIC_NUM_TX_Q_STATS; i++) {
                                snprintf(*buf, ETH_GSTRING_LEN,
                                         "txq_%d_%s",
                        *buf += ETH_GSTRING_LEN;
                }
 
-               if (test_bit(IONIC_LIF_SW_DEBUG_STATS, lif->state)) {
+               if (test_bit(IONIC_LIF_UP, lif->state) &&
+                   test_bit(IONIC_LIF_SW_DEBUG_STATS, lif->state)) {
                        for (i = 0; i < IONIC_NUM_DBG_CQ_STATS; i++) {
                                snprintf(*buf, ETH_GSTRING_LEN,
                                         "rxq_%d_cq_%s",
 {
        struct ionic_lif_sw_stats lif_stats;
        struct ionic_qcq *txqcq, *rxqcq;
+       struct ionic_tx_stats *txstats;
+       struct ionic_rx_stats *rxstats;
        int i, q_num;
 
        ionic_get_lif_stats(lif, &lif_stats);
        }
 
        for (q_num = 0; q_num < MAX_Q(lif); q_num++) {
-               txqcq = lif_to_txqcq(lif, q_num);
+               txstats = &lif_to_txstats(lif, q_num);
 
                for (i = 0; i < IONIC_NUM_TX_STATS; i++) {
-                       **buf = IONIC_READ_STAT64(&txqcq->stats->tx,
+                       **buf = IONIC_READ_STAT64(txstats,
                                                  &ionic_tx_stats_desc[i]);
                        (*buf)++;
                }
 
-               if (test_bit(IONIC_LIF_SW_DEBUG_STATS, lif->state)) {
+               if (test_bit(IONIC_LIF_UP, lif->state) &&
+                   test_bit(IONIC_LIF_SW_DEBUG_STATS, lif->state)) {
+                       txqcq = lif_to_txqcq(lif, q_num);
                        for (i = 0; i < IONIC_NUM_TX_Q_STATS; i++) {
                                **buf = IONIC_READ_STAT64(&txqcq->q,
                                                      &ionic_txq_stats_desc[i]);
                                (*buf)++;
                        }
                        for (i = 0; i < IONIC_MAX_NUM_SG_CNTR; i++) {
-                               **buf = txqcq->stats->tx.sg_cntr[i];
+                               **buf = txstats->sg_cntr[i];
                                (*buf)++;
                        }
                }
        }
 
        for (q_num = 0; q_num < MAX_Q(lif); q_num++) {
-               rxqcq = lif_to_rxqcq(lif, q_num);
+               rxstats = &lif_to_rxstats(lif, q_num);
 
                for (i = 0; i < IONIC_NUM_RX_STATS; i++) {
-                       **buf = IONIC_READ_STAT64(&rxqcq->stats->rx,
+                       **buf = IONIC_READ_STAT64(rxstats,
                                                  &ionic_rx_stats_desc[i]);
                        (*buf)++;
                }
 
-               if (test_bit(IONIC_LIF_SW_DEBUG_STATS, lif->state)) {
+               if (test_bit(IONIC_LIF_UP, lif->state) &&
+                   test_bit(IONIC_LIF_SW_DEBUG_STATS, lif->state)) {
+                       rxqcq = lif_to_rxqcq(lif, q_num);
                        for (i = 0; i < IONIC_NUM_DBG_CQ_STATS; i++) {
                                **buf = IONIC_READ_STAT64(&rxqcq->cq,
                                                   &ionic_dbg_cq_stats_desc[i]);