diff --git a/os/net/ipv6/multicast/esmrf.c b/os/net/ipv6/multicast/esmrf.c
index 00619c354..5b6f1b863 100644
--- a/os/net/ipv6/multicast/esmrf.c
+++ b/os/net/ipv6/multicast/esmrf.c
@@ -376,7 +376,9 @@ in()
 static void
 init()
 {
-  UIP_MCAST6_STATS_INIT(NULL);
+  ESMRF_STATS_INIT();
+  UIP_MCAST6_STATS_INIT(&stats);
+
   uip_mcast6_route_init();
   /* Register the ICMPv6 input handler */
   uip_icmp6_register_input_handler(&esmrf_icmp_handler);
diff --git a/os/net/ipv6/multicast/esmrf.h b/os/net/ipv6/multicast/esmrf.h
index a44a87396..15857a1d4 100644
--- a/os/net/ipv6/multicast/esmrf.h
+++ b/os/net/ipv6/multicast/esmrf.h
@@ -68,16 +68,9 @@
 /* Stats datatype */
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 struct esmrf_stats {
-  uint16_t mcast_in_unique;
-  uint16_t mcast_in_all;        /* At layer 3 */
-  uint16_t mcast_in_ours;       /* Unique and we are a group member */
-  uint16_t mcast_fwd;           /* Forwarded by us but we are not the seed */
-  uint16_t mcast_out;           /* We are the seed */
-  uint16_t mcast_bad;
-  uint16_t mcast_dropped;
   uint16_t icmp_out;
   uint16_t icmp_in;
   uint16_t icmp_bad;
 };
-
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 #endif /* ESMRF_H_ */
diff --git a/os/net/ipv6/multicast/smrf.h b/os/net/ipv6/multicast/smrf.h
index bbe7e5e26..d69aa73a5 100644
--- a/os/net/ipv6/multicast/smrf.h
+++ b/os/net/ipv6/multicast/smrf.h
@@ -70,18 +70,6 @@
 #define SMRF_MAX_SPREAD 4
 #endif
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-/* Stats datatype */
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
-struct smrf_stats {
-  uint16_t mcast_in_unique;
-  uint16_t mcast_in_all;        /* At layer 3 */
-  uint16_t mcast_in_ours;       /* Unique and we are a group member */
-  uint16_t mcast_fwd;           /* Forwarded by us but we are not the seed */
-  uint16_t mcast_out;           /* We are the seed */
-  uint16_t mcast_bad;
-  uint16_t mcast_dropped;
-};
-/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 #endif /* SMRF_H_ */
 /*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 /** @} */