diff --git a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c
index 011e262e55..456852108b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_ethdev.c
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ vmxnet3_dev_stats_get(struct rte_eth_dev *dev, struct rte_eth_stats *stats)
 
 		stats->q_errors[i] = rxStats.pktsRxError;
 		stats->ierrors += rxStats.pktsRxError;
-		stats->rx_nombuf += rxStats.pktsRxOutOfBuf;
+		stats->imissed += rxStats.pktsRxOutOfBuf;
 	}
 
 	return 0;