diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 3ef81c387923..6627b60c7c6a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -340,6 +340,10 @@ static int ip6_forward_proxy_check(struct sk_buff *skb)
 static inline int ip6_forward_finish(struct net *net, struct sock *sk,
 				     struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
+	struct dst_entry *dst = skb_dst(skb);
+
+	IP6_INC_STATS_BH(net, ip6_dst_idev(dst), IPSTATS_MIB_OUTFORWDATAGRAMS);
+	IP6_ADD_STATS_BH(net, ip6_dst_idev(dst), IPSTATS_MIB_OUTOCTETS, skb->len);
 	skb_sender_cpu_clear(skb);
 	return dst_output(net, sk, skb);
 }
@@ -534,8 +538,6 @@ int ip6_forward(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	hdr->hop_limit--;
 
-	IP6_INC_STATS_BH(net, ip6_dst_idev(dst), IPSTATS_MIB_OUTFORWDATAGRAMS);
-	IP6_ADD_STATS_BH(net, ip6_dst_idev(dst), IPSTATS_MIB_OUTOCTETS, skb->len);
 	return NF_HOOK(NFPROTO_IPV6, NF_INET_FORWARD,
 		       net, NULL, skb, skb->dev, dst->dev,
 		       ip6_forward_finish);