diff --git a/drivers/net/wireguard/device.c b/drivers/net/wireguard/device.c
index deb9636b0ecf..6aa071469e1c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireguard/device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireguard/device.c
@@ -262,7 +262,6 @@ static void wg_destruct(struct net_device *dev)
 	rcu_barrier(); /* Wait for all the peers to be actually freed. */
 	wg_ratelimiter_uninit();
 	memzero_explicit(&wg->static_identity, sizeof(wg->static_identity));
-	free_percpu(dev->tstats);
 	kvfree(wg->index_hashtable);
 	kvfree(wg->peer_hashtable);
 	mutex_unlock(&wg->device_update_lock);
@@ -297,6 +296,7 @@ static void wg_setup(struct net_device *dev)
 	dev->hw_enc_features |= WG_NETDEV_FEATURES;
 	dev->mtu = ETH_DATA_LEN - overhead;
 	dev->max_mtu = round_down(INT_MAX, MESSAGE_PADDING_MULTIPLE) - overhead;
+	dev->pcpu_stat_type = NETDEV_PCPU_STAT_TSTATS;
 
 	SET_NETDEV_DEVTYPE(dev, &device_type);
 
@@ -331,14 +331,10 @@ static int wg_newlink(struct net *src_net, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (!wg->index_hashtable)
 		goto err_free_peer_hashtable;
 
-	dev->tstats = netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats(struct pcpu_sw_netstats);
-	if (!dev->tstats)
-		goto err_free_index_hashtable;
-
 	wg->handshake_receive_wq = alloc_workqueue("wg-kex-%s",
 			WQ_CPU_INTENSIVE | WQ_FREEZABLE, 0, dev->name);
 	if (!wg->handshake_receive_wq)
-		goto err_free_tstats;
+		goto err_free_index_hashtable;
 
 	wg->handshake_send_wq = alloc_workqueue("wg-kex-%s",
 			WQ_UNBOUND | WQ_FREEZABLE, 0, dev->name);
@@ -397,8 +393,6 @@ err_destroy_handshake_send:
 	destroy_workqueue(wg->handshake_send_wq);
 err_destroy_handshake_receive:
 	destroy_workqueue(wg->handshake_receive_wq);
-err_free_tstats:
-	free_percpu(dev->tstats);
 err_free_index_hashtable:
 	kvfree(wg->index_hashtable);
 err_free_peer_hashtable: