diff --git a/drivers/net/can/rx-offload.c b/drivers/net/can/rx-offload.c
index e32b65599a5f..16af09c71cfe 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/rx-offload.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/rx-offload.c
@@ -134,8 +134,10 @@ static struct sk_buff *can_rx_offload_offload_one(struct can_rx_offload *offload
 
 		ret = offload->mailbox_read(offload, &cf_overflow,
 					    &timestamp, n);
-		if (ret)
+		if (ret) {
 			offload->dev->stats.rx_dropped++;
+			offload->dev->stats.rx_fifo_errors++;
+		}
 
 		return NULL;
 	}