diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
index f622ee20ac40..819c32a721e8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
@@ -5621,6 +5621,9 @@ static int ice_up_complete(struct ice_vsi *vsi)
 		netif_carrier_on(vsi->netdev);
 	}
 
+	/* clear this now, and the first stats read will be used as baseline */
+	vsi->stat_offsets_loaded = false;
+
 	ice_service_task_schedule(pf);
 
 	return 0;