diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 038a78794392..983cabf9a0f6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -3981,17 +3981,15 @@ static int macsec_add_dev(struct net_device *dev, sci_t sci, u8 icv_len)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	secy->tx_sc.stats = netdev_alloc_pcpu_stats(struct pcpu_tx_sc_stats);
-	if (!secy->tx_sc.stats) {
-		free_percpu(macsec->stats);
+	if (!secy->tx_sc.stats)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	secy->tx_sc.md_dst = metadata_dst_alloc(0, METADATA_MACSEC, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!secy->tx_sc.md_dst) {
-		free_percpu(secy->tx_sc.stats);
-		free_percpu(macsec->stats);
+	if (!secy->tx_sc.md_dst)
+		/* macsec and secy percpu stats will be freed when unregistering
+		 * net_device in macsec_free_netdev()
+		 */
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	if (sci == MACSEC_UNDEF_SCI)
 		sci = dev_to_sci(dev, MACSEC_PORT_ES);