diff --git a/net/ipv6/udp.c b/net/ipv6/udp.c
index 4210951..c347f3e 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/udp.c
@@ -555,6 +555,8 @@
 out:
 	up->len = 0;
 	up->pending = 0;
+	if (!err)
+		UDP6_INC_STATS_USER(UDP_MIB_OUTDATAGRAMS, up->pcflag);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -823,10 +825,8 @@
 	release_sock(sk);
 out:
 	fl6_sock_release(flowlabel);
-	if (!err) {
-		UDP6_INC_STATS_USER(UDP_MIB_OUTDATAGRAMS, is_udplite);
+	if (!err)
 		return len;
-	}
 	/*
 	 * ENOBUFS = no kernel mem, SOCK_NOSPACE = no sndbuf space.  Reporting
 	 * ENOBUFS might not be good (it's not tunable per se), but otherwise