diff --git a/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c b/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c
index a865f0fdd26b..f54fe6b662b2 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/tsinfo.c
@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ tsinfo_parse_request(struct ethnl_req_info *req_base,
 	if (!tb[ETHTOOL_A_TSINFO_HWTSTAMP_PROVIDER])
 		return 0;
 
+	if (req_base->flags & ETHTOOL_FLAG_STATS) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "can't query statistics for a provider");
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
 	return ts_parse_hwtst_provider(tb[ETHTOOL_A_TSINFO_HWTSTAMP_PROVIDER],
 				       &req->hwprov_desc, extack, &mod);
 }
@@ -523,6 +528,12 @@ int ethnl_tsinfo_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto free_reply_data;
 
+	if (req_info->base.flags & ETHTOOL_FLAG_STATS) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(cb->extack, "stats not supported in dump");
+		ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+		goto err_dev_put;
+	}
+
 	ctx->req_info = req_info;
 	ctx->reply_data = reply_data;
 	ctx->pos_ifindex = 0;
@@ -532,6 +543,8 @@ int ethnl_tsinfo_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
 
 	return 0;
 
+err_dev_put:
+	ethnl_parse_header_dev_put(&req_info->base);
 free_reply_data:
 	kfree(reply_data);
 free_req_info: