diff --git a/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c b/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c
index be2755c8d8fd..57d496287e52 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ static int tsinfo_prepare_data(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
 	ret = ethnl_ops_begin(dev);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
-	if (req_base->flags & ETHTOOL_FLAG_STATS &&
-	    dev->ethtool_ops->get_ts_stats) {
+	if (req_base->flags & ETHTOOL_FLAG_STATS) {
 		ethtool_stats_init((u64 *)&data->stats,
 				   sizeof(data->stats) / sizeof(u64));
-		dev->ethtool_ops->get_ts_stats(dev, &data->stats);
+		if (dev->ethtool_ops->get_ts_stats)
+			dev->ethtool_ops->get_ts_stats(dev, &data->stats);
 	}
 	ret = __ethtool_get_ts_info(dev, &data->ts_info);
 	ethnl_ops_complete(dev);