return buf;
 }
 
-static struct sk_buff *tipc_show_stats(void)
-{
-       struct sk_buff *buf;
-       struct tlv_desc *rep_tlv;
-       char *pb;
-       int pb_len;
-       int str_len;
-       u32 value;
-
-       if (!TLV_CHECK(req_tlv_area, req_tlv_space, TIPC_TLV_UNSIGNED))
-               return tipc_cfg_reply_error_string(TIPC_CFG_TLV_ERROR);
-
-       value = ntohl(*(u32 *)TLV_DATA(req_tlv_area));
-       if (value != 0)
-               return tipc_cfg_reply_error_string("unsupported argument");
-
-       buf = tipc_cfg_reply_alloc(TLV_SPACE(ULTRA_STRING_MAX_LEN));
-       if (buf == NULL)
-               return NULL;
-
-       rep_tlv = (struct tlv_desc *)buf->data;
-       pb = TLV_DATA(rep_tlv);
-       pb_len = ULTRA_STRING_MAX_LEN;
-
-       str_len = tipc_snprintf(pb, pb_len, "TIPC version " TIPC_MOD_VER "\n");
-       str_len += 1;   /* for "\0" */
-       skb_put(buf, TLV_SPACE(str_len));
-       TLV_SET(rep_tlv, TIPC_TLV_ULTRA_STRING, NULL, str_len);
-
-       return buf;
-}
-
 struct sk_buff *tipc_cfg_do_cmd(struct net *net, u32 orig_node, u16 cmd,
                                const void *request_area, int request_space,
                                int reply_headroom)
        case TIPC_CMD_NOOP:
                rep_tlv_buf = tipc_cfg_reply_none();
                break;
-       case TIPC_CMD_SHOW_STATS:
-               rep_tlv_buf = tipc_show_stats();
-               break;
        case TIPC_CMD_NOT_NET_ADMIN:
                rep_tlv_buf =
                        tipc_cfg_reply_error_string(TIPC_CFG_NOT_NET_ADMIN);
 
        return tipc_add_tlv(msg->rep, TIPC_TLV_UNSIGNED, &id, sizeof(id));
 }
 
+static int tipc_cmd_show_stats_compat(struct tipc_nl_compat_msg *msg)
+{
+       msg->rep = tipc_tlv_alloc(ULTRA_STRING_MAX_LEN);
+       if (!msg->rep)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
+       tipc_tlv_init(msg->rep, TIPC_TLV_ULTRA_STRING);
+       tipc_tlv_sprintf(msg->rep, "TIPC version " TIPC_MOD_VER "\n");
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static int tipc_nl_compat_handle(struct tipc_nl_compat_msg *msg)
 {
        struct tipc_nl_compat_cmd_dump dump;
                dump.dumpit = tipc_nl_net_dump;
                dump.format = tipc_nl_compat_net_dump;
                return tipc_nl_compat_dumpit(&dump, msg);
+       case TIPC_CMD_SHOW_STATS:
+               return tipc_cmd_show_stats_compat(msg);
        }
 
        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
        case TIPC_CMD_SET_NODE_ADDR:
        case TIPC_CMD_SET_NETID:
        case TIPC_CMD_GET_NETID:
+       case TIPC_CMD_SHOW_STATS:
                return tipc_nl_compat_recv(skb, info);
        }