diff --git a/core/net/uip6.c b/core/net/uip6.c
index e79486ff1..aa1ac4a2e 100644
--- a/core/net/uip6.c
+++ b/core/net/uip6.c
@@ -1460,7 +1460,6 @@ uip_process(uint8_t flag)
   remove_ext_hdr();
 
   PRINTF("Receiving UDP packet\n");
-  UIP_STAT(++uip_stat.udp.recv);
  
   /* UDP processing is really just a hack. We don't do anything to the
      UDP/IP headers, but let the UDP application do all the hard