diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index 65f12005785..a34da4977c7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -181,26 +181,20 @@ static int reg_vif_num = -1;
 static int reg_vif_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	read_lock(&mrt_lock);
-	((struct net_device_stats*)netdev_priv(dev))->tx_bytes += skb->len;
-	((struct net_device_stats*)netdev_priv(dev))->tx_packets++;
+	dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
+	dev->stats.tx_packets++;
 	ipmr_cache_report(skb, reg_vif_num, IGMPMSG_WHOLEPKT);
 	read_unlock(&mrt_lock);
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct net_device_stats *reg_vif_get_stats(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	return (struct net_device_stats*)netdev_priv(dev);
-}
-
 static void reg_vif_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	dev->type		= ARPHRD_PIMREG;
 	dev->mtu		= ETH_DATA_LEN - sizeof(struct iphdr) - 8;
 	dev->flags		= IFF_NOARP;
 	dev->hard_start_xmit	= reg_vif_xmit;
-	dev->get_stats		= reg_vif_get_stats;
 	dev->destructor		= free_netdev;
 }
 
@@ -209,8 +203,7 @@ static struct net_device *ipmr_reg_vif(void)
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct in_device *in_dev;
 
-	dev = alloc_netdev(sizeof(struct net_device_stats), "pimreg",
-			   reg_vif_setup);
+	dev = alloc_netdev(0, "pimreg", reg_vif_setup);
 
 	if (dev == NULL)
 		return NULL;
@@ -1170,8 +1163,8 @@ static void ipmr_queue_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct mfc_cache *c, int vifi)
 	if (vif->flags & VIFF_REGISTER) {
 		vif->pkt_out++;
 		vif->bytes_out+=skb->len;
-		((struct net_device_stats*)netdev_priv(vif->dev))->tx_bytes += skb->len;
-		((struct net_device_stats*)netdev_priv(vif->dev))->tx_packets++;
+		vif->dev->stats.tx_bytes += skb->len;
+		vif->dev->stats.tx_packets++;
 		ipmr_cache_report(skb, vifi, IGMPMSG_WHOLEPKT);
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return;
@@ -1487,8 +1480,8 @@ int pim_rcv_v1(struct sk_buff * skb)
 	skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST;
 	dst_release(skb->dst);
 	skb->dst = NULL;
-	((struct net_device_stats*)netdev_priv(reg_dev))->rx_bytes += skb->len;
-	((struct net_device_stats*)netdev_priv(reg_dev))->rx_packets++;
+	reg_dev->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
+	reg_dev->stats.rx_packets++;
 	nf_reset(skb);
 	netif_rx(skb);
 	dev_put(reg_dev);
@@ -1542,8 +1535,8 @@ static int pim_rcv(struct sk_buff * skb)
 	skb->ip_summed = 0;
 	skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST;
 	dst_release(skb->dst);
-	((struct net_device_stats*)netdev_priv(reg_dev))->rx_bytes += skb->len;
-	((struct net_device_stats*)netdev_priv(reg_dev))->rx_packets++;
+	reg_dev->stats.rx_bytes += skb->len;
+	reg_dev->stats.rx_packets++;
 	skb->dst = NULL;
 	nf_reset(skb);
 	netif_rx(skb);