diff --git a/sys/net/if_tun.c b/sys/net/if_tun.c
index 45bc45ac4dc5..1cd1ad2a872c 100644
--- a/sys/net/if_tun.c
+++ b/sys/net/if_tun.c
@@ -633,6 +633,7 @@ tunwrite(dev, uio, flag)
 	if (error) {
 		if (top)
 			m_freem (top);
+		ifp->if_ierrors++;
 		return error;
 	}
 
@@ -674,6 +675,9 @@ tunwrite(dev, uio, flag)
 	} else
 		family = AF_INET;
 
+	ifp->if_ibytes += top->m_pkthdr.len;
+	ifp->if_ipackets++;
+
 	return family_enqueue(family, top);
 }