diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index e070a4540fba..11d704bfec9b 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -4002,32 +4002,19 @@ static __always_inline bool __is_skb_forwardable(const struct net_device *dev,
 	return false;
 }
 
-struct net_device_core_stats __percpu *netdev_core_stats_alloc(struct net_device *dev);
-
-static inline struct net_device_core_stats __percpu *dev_core_stats(struct net_device *dev)
-{
-	/* This READ_ONCE() pairs with the write in netdev_core_stats_alloc() */
-	struct net_device_core_stats __percpu *p = READ_ONCE(dev->core_stats);
-
-	if (likely(p))
-		return p;
-
-	return netdev_core_stats_alloc(dev);
-}
+void netdev_core_stats_inc(struct net_device *dev, u32 offset);
 
 #define DEV_CORE_STATS_INC(FIELD)						\
 static inline void dev_core_stats_##FIELD##_inc(struct net_device *dev)		\
 {										\
-	struct net_device_core_stats __percpu *p;				\
-										\
-	p = dev_core_stats(dev);						\
-	if (p)									\
-		this_cpu_inc(p->FIELD);						\
+	netdev_core_stats_inc(dev,						\
+			offsetof(struct net_device_core_stats, FIELD));		\
 }
 DEV_CORE_STATS_INC(rx_dropped)
 DEV_CORE_STATS_INC(tx_dropped)
 DEV_CORE_STATS_INC(rx_nohandler)
 DEV_CORE_STATS_INC(rx_otherhost_dropped)
+#undef DEV_CORE_STATS_INC
 
 static __always_inline int ____dev_forward_skb(struct net_device *dev,
 					       struct sk_buff *skb,
diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 606a366cc209..02949a929e7f 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -10497,7 +10497,8 @@ void netdev_stats_to_stats64(struct rtnl_link_stats64 *stats64,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_stats_to_stats64);
 
-struct net_device_core_stats __percpu *netdev_core_stats_alloc(struct net_device *dev)
+static __cold struct net_device_core_stats __percpu *netdev_core_stats_alloc(
+		struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct net_device_core_stats __percpu *p;
 
@@ -10510,7 +10511,23 @@ struct net_device_core_stats __percpu *netdev_core_stats_alloc(struct net_device
 	/* This READ_ONCE() pairs with the cmpxchg() above */
 	return READ_ONCE(dev->core_stats);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(netdev_core_stats_alloc);
+
+noinline void netdev_core_stats_inc(struct net_device *dev, u32 offset)
+{
+	/* This READ_ONCE() pairs with the write in netdev_core_stats_alloc() */
+	struct net_device_core_stats __percpu *p = READ_ONCE(dev->core_stats);
+	unsigned long __percpu *field;
+
+	if (unlikely(!p)) {
+		p = netdev_core_stats_alloc(dev);
+		if (!p)
+			return;
+	}
+
+	field = (__force unsigned long __percpu *)((__force void *)p + offset);
+	this_cpu_inc(*field);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(netdev_core_stats_inc);
 
 /**
  *	dev_get_stats	- get network device statistics