diff --git a/include/linux/ethtool_netlink.h b/include/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
index 1e7bf78cb382..aba348d58ff6 100644
--- a/include/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 #define __ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_MASK_NWORDS \
 	DIV_ROUND_UP(__ETHTOOL_LINK_MODE_MASK_NBITS, 32)
 
+#define ETHTOOL_PAUSE_STAT_CNT	(__ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_STAT_CNT -		\
+				 ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_STAT_TX_FRAMES)
+
 enum ethtool_multicast_groups {
 	ETHNL_MCGRP_MONITOR,
 };
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
index e2bf36e6964b..c94fa2941502 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/ethtool_netlink.h
@@ -394,7 +394,9 @@ enum {
 	ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_STAT_TX_FRAMES,
 	ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_STAT_RX_FRAMES,
 
-	/* add new constants above here */
+	/* add new constants above here
+	 * adjust ETHTOOL_PAUSE_STAT_CNT if adding non-stats!
+	 */
 	__ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_STAT_CNT,
 	ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_STAT_MAX = (__ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_STAT_CNT - 1)
 };
diff --git a/net/ethtool/pause.c b/net/ethtool/pause.c
index d4ac02718b72..c7bc704c8862 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/pause.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/pause.c
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ static int pause_reply_size(const struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
 
 	if (req_base->flags & ETHTOOL_FLAG_STATS)
 		n += nla_total_size(0) +	/* _PAUSE_STATS */
-			nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(u64)) *
-				(ETHTOOL_A_PAUSE_STAT_MAX - 2);
+		     nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(u64)) * ETHTOOL_PAUSE_STAT_CNT;
 	return n;
 }