diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
index 949669fed7d6..963a5f40e071 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
@@ -6172,9 +6172,10 @@ static int ice_up_complete(struct ice_vsi *vsi)
 			ice_ptp_link_change(pf, pf->hw.pf_id, true);
 	}
 
-	/* clear this now, and the first stats read will be used as baseline */
-	vsi->stat_offsets_loaded = false;
-
+	/* Perform an initial read of the statistics registers now to
+	 * set the baseline so counters are ready when interface is up
+	 */
+	ice_update_eth_stats(vsi);
 	ice_service_task_schedule(pf);
 
 	return 0;