diff -Nur linux/drivers/net/r8169.c.orig linux/drivers/net/r8169.c
--- linux/drivers/net/r8169.c.orig	2003-12-02 20:36:07.000000000 -0200
+++ linux/drivers/net/r8169.c	2003-12-02 20:52:19.000000000 -0200
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
 static int rtl8169_close(struct net_device *dev);
 static void rtl8169_set_rx_mode(struct net_device *dev);
 static void rtl8169_tx_timeout(struct net_device *dev);
-static struct net_device_stats *rtl8169_get_stats(struct net_device *netdev);
+static struct net_device_stats *rtl8169_get_stats(struct net_device *ethernet_device);
 
 static const u16 rtl8169_intr_mask =
     SYSErr | PCSTimeout | RxUnderrun | RxOverflow | RxFIFOOver | TxErr | TxOK |
@@ -1113,11 +1113,26 @@
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&tp->lock, flags);
 }
 
+/**
+ *  rtl8169_get_stats: - Get rtl8169 read/write statistics
+ *  @ethernet_device: The Ethernet Device to get statistics for
+ *
+ *  Get TX/RX statistics for rtl8169
+ */
 struct net_device_stats *
-rtl8169_get_stats(struct net_device *dev)
+rtl8169_get_stats(struct net_device *ethernet_device)
 {
-	struct rtl8169_private *tp = dev->priv;
+	struct rtl8169_private *tp = ethernet_device->priv;
+	void *ioaddr = tp->mmio_addr;
+	unsigned long flags;
 
+        if (netif_running(ethernet_device)) {
+	    spin_lock_irqsave (&tp->lock, flags);
+	    tp->stats.rx_missed_errors += RTL_R32 (RxMissed);
+	    RTL_W32 (RxMissed, 0);
+	    spin_unlock_irqrestore (&tp->lock, flags);
+	}
+		
 	return &tp->stats;
 }