diff --git a/fs/lockd/svc.c b/fs/lockd/svc.c
index ab8042a5b895..8fbbfc9aad69 100644
--- a/fs/lockd/svc.c
+++ b/fs/lockd/svc.c
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ static int lockd_get(void)
 		nlm_timeout = LOCKD_DFLT_TIMEO;
 	nlmsvc_timeout = nlm_timeout * HZ;
 
-	serv = svc_create(&nlmsvc_program, LOCKD_BUFSIZE, lockd);
+	serv = svc_create(&nlmsvc_program, NULL, LOCKD_BUFSIZE, lockd);
 	if (!serv) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "lockd_up: create service failed\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/fs/nfs/callback.c b/fs/nfs/callback.c
index 8adfcd4c8c1a..4d56b4e73525 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/callback.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/callback.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ static struct svc_serv *nfs_callback_create_svc(int minorversion)
 	if (minorversion)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOTSUPP);
 #endif
-	serv = svc_create(&nfs4_callback_program, NFS4_CALLBACK_BUFSIZE,
+	serv = svc_create(&nfs4_callback_program, NULL, NFS4_CALLBACK_BUFSIZE,
 			  threadfn);
 	if (!serv) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "nfs_callback_create_svc: create service failed\n");
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
index a0b117107e86..d640f893021a 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfssvc.c
@@ -661,7 +661,8 @@ int nfsd_create_serv(struct net *net)
 	if (nfsd_max_blksize == 0)
 		nfsd_max_blksize = nfsd_get_default_max_blksize();
 	nfsd_reset_versions(nn);
-	serv = svc_create_pooled(&nfsd_program, nfsd_max_blksize, nfsd);
+	serv = svc_create_pooled(&nfsd_program, &nfsd_svcstats,
+				 nfsd_max_blksize, nfsd);
 	if (serv == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
index 67cf1c9efd80..2a1447fa5ef2 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h
@@ -402,8 +402,8 @@ struct svc_procedure {
 int svc_rpcb_setup(struct svc_serv *serv, struct net *net);
 void svc_rpcb_cleanup(struct svc_serv *serv, struct net *net);
 int svc_bind(struct svc_serv *serv, struct net *net);
-struct svc_serv *svc_create(struct svc_program *, unsigned int,
-			    int (*threadfn)(void *data));
+struct svc_serv *svc_create(struct svc_program *, struct svc_stat *,
+			    unsigned int, int (*threadfn)(void *data));
 struct svc_rqst *svc_rqst_alloc(struct svc_serv *serv,
 					struct svc_pool *pool, int node);
 bool		   svc_rqst_replace_page(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
@@ -411,8 +411,8 @@ bool		   svc_rqst_replace_page(struct svc_rqst *rqstp,
 void		   svc_rqst_release_pages(struct svc_rqst *rqstp);
 void		   svc_rqst_free(struct svc_rqst *);
 void		   svc_exit_thread(struct svc_rqst *);
-struct svc_serv *  svc_create_pooled(struct svc_program *, unsigned int,
-				     int (*threadfn)(void *data));
+struct svc_serv *  svc_create_pooled(struct svc_program *, struct svc_stat *,
+				     unsigned int, int (*threadfn)(void *data));
 int		   svc_set_num_threads(struct svc_serv *, struct svc_pool *, int);
 int		   svc_pool_stats_open(struct svc_info *si, struct file *file);
 void		   svc_process(struct svc_rqst *rqstp);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index d2e6f3d59218..f76ef8a3dd43 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -451,8 +451,8 @@ __svc_init_bc(struct svc_serv *serv)
  * Create an RPC service
  */
 static struct svc_serv *
-__svc_create(struct svc_program *prog, unsigned int bufsize, int npools,
-	     int (*threadfn)(void *data))
+__svc_create(struct svc_program *prog, struct svc_stat *stats,
+	     unsigned int bufsize, int npools, int (*threadfn)(void *data))
 {
 	struct svc_serv	*serv;
 	unsigned int vers;
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ __svc_create(struct svc_program *prog, unsigned int bufsize, int npools,
 		return NULL;
 	serv->sv_name      = prog->pg_name;
 	serv->sv_program   = prog;
-	serv->sv_stats     = prog->pg_stats;
+	serv->sv_stats     = stats;
 	if (bufsize > RPCSVC_MAXPAYLOAD)
 		bufsize = RPCSVC_MAXPAYLOAD;
 	serv->sv_max_payload = bufsize? bufsize : 4096;
@@ -521,34 +521,37 @@ __svc_create(struct svc_program *prog, unsigned int bufsize, int npools,
 /**
  * svc_create - Create an RPC service
  * @prog: the RPC program the new service will handle
+ * @stats: the stats struct if desired
  * @bufsize: maximum message size for @prog
  * @threadfn: a function to service RPC requests for @prog
  *
  * Returns an instantiated struct svc_serv object or NULL.
  */
-struct svc_serv *svc_create(struct svc_program *prog, unsigned int bufsize,
-			    int (*threadfn)(void *data))
+struct svc_serv *svc_create(struct svc_program *prog, struct svc_stat *stats,
+			    unsigned int bufsize, int (*threadfn)(void *data))
 {
-	return __svc_create(prog, bufsize, 1, threadfn);
+	return __svc_create(prog, stats, bufsize, 1, threadfn);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svc_create);
 
 /**
  * svc_create_pooled - Create an RPC service with pooled threads
  * @prog: the RPC program the new service will handle
+ * @stats: the stats struct if desired
  * @bufsize: maximum message size for @prog
  * @threadfn: a function to service RPC requests for @prog
  *
  * Returns an instantiated struct svc_serv object or NULL.
  */
 struct svc_serv *svc_create_pooled(struct svc_program *prog,
+				   struct svc_stat *stats,
 				   unsigned int bufsize,
 				   int (*threadfn)(void *data))
 {
 	struct svc_serv *serv;
 	unsigned int npools = svc_pool_map_get();
 
-	serv = __svc_create(prog, bufsize, npools, threadfn);
+	serv = __svc_create(prog, stats, bufsize, npools, threadfn);
 	if (!serv)
 		goto out_err;
 	return serv;
