diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 41de3a2f29e1..d1815122298d 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -961,24 +961,27 @@ static inline int rtnl_vfinfo_size(const struct net_device *dev,
 			 nla_total_size(sizeof(struct ifla_vf_rate)) +
 			 nla_total_size(sizeof(struct ifla_vf_link_state)) +
 			 nla_total_size(sizeof(struct ifla_vf_rss_query_en)) +
-			 nla_total_size(0) + /* nest IFLA_VF_STATS */
-			 /* IFLA_VF_STATS_RX_PACKETS */
-			 nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(__u64)) +
-			 /* IFLA_VF_STATS_TX_PACKETS */
-			 nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(__u64)) +
-			 /* IFLA_VF_STATS_RX_BYTES */
-			 nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(__u64)) +
-			 /* IFLA_VF_STATS_TX_BYTES */
-			 nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(__u64)) +
-			 /* IFLA_VF_STATS_BROADCAST */
-			 nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(__u64)) +
-			 /* IFLA_VF_STATS_MULTICAST */
-			 nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(__u64)) +
-			 /* IFLA_VF_STATS_RX_DROPPED */
-			 nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(__u64)) +
-			 /* IFLA_VF_STATS_TX_DROPPED */
-			 nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(__u64)) +
 			 nla_total_size(sizeof(struct ifla_vf_trust)));
+		if (~ext_filter_mask & RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS) {
+			size += num_vfs *
+				(nla_total_size(0) + /* nest IFLA_VF_STATS */
+				 /* IFLA_VF_STATS_RX_PACKETS */
+				 nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(__u64)) +
+				 /* IFLA_VF_STATS_TX_PACKETS */
+				 nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(__u64)) +
+				 /* IFLA_VF_STATS_RX_BYTES */
+				 nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(__u64)) +
+				 /* IFLA_VF_STATS_TX_BYTES */
+				 nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(__u64)) +
+				 /* IFLA_VF_STATS_BROADCAST */
+				 nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(__u64)) +
+				 /* IFLA_VF_STATS_MULTICAST */
+				 nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(__u64)) +
+				 /* IFLA_VF_STATS_RX_DROPPED */
+				 nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(__u64)) +
+				 /* IFLA_VF_STATS_TX_DROPPED */
+				 nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(__u64)));
+		}
 		return size;
 	} else
 		return 0;
@@ -1270,7 +1273,8 @@ static noinline_for_stack int rtnl_fill_stats(struct sk_buff *skb,
 static noinline_for_stack int rtnl_fill_vfinfo(struct sk_buff *skb,
 					       struct net_device *dev,
 					       int vfs_num,
-					       struct nlattr *vfinfo)
+					       struct nlattr *vfinfo,
+					       u32 ext_filter_mask)
 {
 	struct ifla_vf_rss_query_en vf_rss_query_en;
 	struct nlattr *vf, *vfstats, *vfvlanlist;
@@ -1376,33 +1380,35 @@ static noinline_for_stack int rtnl_fill_vfinfo(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		goto nla_put_vf_failure;
 	}
 	nla_nest_end(skb, vfvlanlist);
-	memset(&vf_stats, 0, sizeof(vf_stats));
-	if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_get_vf_stats)
-		dev->netdev_ops->ndo_get_vf_stats(dev, vfs_num,
-						&vf_stats);
-	vfstats = nla_nest_start_noflag(skb, IFLA_VF_STATS);
-	if (!vfstats)
-		goto nla_put_vf_failure;
-	if (nla_put_u64_64bit(skb, IFLA_VF_STATS_RX_PACKETS,
-			      vf_stats.rx_packets, IFLA_VF_STATS_PAD) ||
-	    nla_put_u64_64bit(skb, IFLA_VF_STATS_TX_PACKETS,
-			      vf_stats.tx_packets, IFLA_VF_STATS_PAD) ||
-	    nla_put_u64_64bit(skb, IFLA_VF_STATS_RX_BYTES,
-			      vf_stats.rx_bytes, IFLA_VF_STATS_PAD) ||
-	    nla_put_u64_64bit(skb, IFLA_VF_STATS_TX_BYTES,
-			      vf_stats.tx_bytes, IFLA_VF_STATS_PAD) ||
-	    nla_put_u64_64bit(skb, IFLA_VF_STATS_BROADCAST,
-			      vf_stats.broadcast, IFLA_VF_STATS_PAD) ||
-	    nla_put_u64_64bit(skb, IFLA_VF_STATS_MULTICAST,
-			      vf_stats.multicast, IFLA_VF_STATS_PAD) ||
-	    nla_put_u64_64bit(skb, IFLA_VF_STATS_RX_DROPPED,
-			      vf_stats.rx_dropped, IFLA_VF_STATS_PAD) ||
-	    nla_put_u64_64bit(skb, IFLA_VF_STATS_TX_DROPPED,
-			      vf_stats.tx_dropped, IFLA_VF_STATS_PAD)) {
-		nla_nest_cancel(skb, vfstats);
-		goto nla_put_vf_failure;
+	if (~ext_filter_mask & RTEXT_FILTER_SKIP_STATS) {
+		memset(&vf_stats, 0, sizeof(vf_stats));
+		if (dev->netdev_ops->ndo_get_vf_stats)
+			dev->netdev_ops->ndo_get_vf_stats(dev, vfs_num,
+							  &vf_stats);
+		vfstats = nla_nest_start_noflag(skb, IFLA_VF_STATS);
+		if (!vfstats)
+			goto nla_put_vf_failure;
+		if (nla_put_u64_64bit(skb, IFLA_VF_STATS_RX_PACKETS,
+				      vf_stats.rx_packets, IFLA_VF_STATS_PAD) ||
+		    nla_put_u64_64bit(skb, IFLA_VF_STATS_TX_PACKETS,
+				      vf_stats.tx_packets, IFLA_VF_STATS_PAD) ||
+		    nla_put_u64_64bit(skb, IFLA_VF_STATS_RX_BYTES,
+				      vf_stats.rx_bytes, IFLA_VF_STATS_PAD) ||
+		    nla_put_u64_64bit(skb, IFLA_VF_STATS_TX_BYTES,
+				      vf_stats.tx_bytes, IFLA_VF_STATS_PAD) ||
+		    nla_put_u64_64bit(skb, IFLA_VF_STATS_BROADCAST,
+				      vf_stats.broadcast, IFLA_VF_STATS_PAD) ||
+		    nla_put_u64_64bit(skb, IFLA_VF_STATS_MULTICAST,
+				      vf_stats.multicast, IFLA_VF_STATS_PAD) ||
+		    nla_put_u64_64bit(skb, IFLA_VF_STATS_RX_DROPPED,
+				      vf_stats.rx_dropped, IFLA_VF_STATS_PAD) ||
+		    nla_put_u64_64bit(skb, IFLA_VF_STATS_TX_DROPPED,
+				      vf_stats.tx_dropped, IFLA_VF_STATS_PAD)) {
+			nla_nest_cancel(skb, vfstats);
+			goto nla_put_vf_failure;
+		}
+		nla_nest_end(skb, vfstats);
 	}
-	nla_nest_end(skb, vfstats);
 	nla_nest_end(skb, vf);
 	return 0;
 
@@ -1435,7 +1441,7 @@ static noinline_for_stack int rtnl_fill_vf(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num_vfs; i++) {
-		if (rtnl_fill_vfinfo(skb, dev, i, vfinfo))
+		if (rtnl_fill_vfinfo(skb, dev, i, vfinfo, ext_filter_mask))
 			return -EMSGSIZE;
 	}