diff --git a/net/tipc/config.c b/net/tipc/config.c
index 019f46c0690c..c2ad2ff32a15 100644
--- a/net/tipc/config.c
+++ b/net/tipc/config.c
@@ -83,38 +83,6 @@ struct sk_buff *tipc_cfg_reply_string_type(u16 tlv_type, char *string)
 	return buf;
 }
 
-static struct sk_buff *tipc_show_stats(void)
-{
-	struct sk_buff *buf;
-	struct tlv_desc *rep_tlv;
-	char *pb;
-	int pb_len;
-	int str_len;
-	u32 value;
-
-	if (!TLV_CHECK(req_tlv_area, req_tlv_space, TIPC_TLV_UNSIGNED))
-		return tipc_cfg_reply_error_string(TIPC_CFG_TLV_ERROR);
-
-	value = ntohl(*(u32 *)TLV_DATA(req_tlv_area));
-	if (value != 0)
-		return tipc_cfg_reply_error_string("unsupported argument");
-
-	buf = tipc_cfg_reply_alloc(TLV_SPACE(ULTRA_STRING_MAX_LEN));
-	if (buf == NULL)
-		return NULL;
-
-	rep_tlv = (struct tlv_desc *)buf->data;
-	pb = TLV_DATA(rep_tlv);
-	pb_len = ULTRA_STRING_MAX_LEN;
-
-	str_len = tipc_snprintf(pb, pb_len, "TIPC version " TIPC_MOD_VER "\n");
-	str_len += 1;	/* for "\0" */
-	skb_put(buf, TLV_SPACE(str_len));
-	TLV_SET(rep_tlv, TIPC_TLV_ULTRA_STRING, NULL, str_len);
-
-	return buf;
-}
-
 struct sk_buff *tipc_cfg_do_cmd(struct net *net, u32 orig_node, u16 cmd,
 				const void *request_area, int request_space,
 				int reply_headroom)
@@ -142,9 +110,6 @@ struct sk_buff *tipc_cfg_do_cmd(struct net *net, u32 orig_node, u16 cmd,
 	case TIPC_CMD_NOOP:
 		rep_tlv_buf = tipc_cfg_reply_none();
 		break;
-	case TIPC_CMD_SHOW_STATS:
-		rep_tlv_buf = tipc_show_stats();
-		break;
 	case TIPC_CMD_NOT_NET_ADMIN:
 		rep_tlv_buf =
 			tipc_cfg_reply_error_string(TIPC_CFG_NOT_NET_ADMIN);
diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
index 415909054ec0..cb9086d259df 100644
--- a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
+++ b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
@@ -888,6 +888,18 @@ static int tipc_nl_compat_net_dump(struct tipc_nl_compat_msg *msg,
 	return tipc_add_tlv(msg->rep, TIPC_TLV_UNSIGNED, &id, sizeof(id));
 }
 
+static int tipc_cmd_show_stats_compat(struct tipc_nl_compat_msg *msg)
+{
+	msg->rep = tipc_tlv_alloc(ULTRA_STRING_MAX_LEN);
+	if (!msg->rep)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	tipc_tlv_init(msg->rep, TIPC_TLV_ULTRA_STRING);
+	tipc_tlv_sprintf(msg->rep, "TIPC version " TIPC_MOD_VER "\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int tipc_nl_compat_handle(struct tipc_nl_compat_msg *msg)
 {
 	struct tipc_nl_compat_cmd_dump dump;
@@ -976,6 +988,8 @@ static int tipc_nl_compat_handle(struct tipc_nl_compat_msg *msg)
 		dump.dumpit = tipc_nl_net_dump;
 		dump.format = tipc_nl_compat_net_dump;
 		return tipc_nl_compat_dumpit(&dump, msg);
+	case TIPC_CMD_SHOW_STATS:
+		return tipc_cmd_show_stats_compat(msg);
 	}
 
 	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
@@ -1088,6 +1102,7 @@ static int tipc_nl_compat_tmp_wrap(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	case TIPC_CMD_SET_NODE_ADDR:
 	case TIPC_CMD_SET_NETID:
 	case TIPC_CMD_GET_NETID:
+	case TIPC_CMD_SHOW_STATS:
 		return tipc_nl_compat_recv(skb, info);
 	}