diff --git a/include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h b/include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h
index 457879938fc1..3366090a86bd 100644
--- a/include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h
+++ b/include/linux/u64_stats_sync.h
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ static inline void u64_stats_add(u64_stats_t *p, unsigned long val)
 	local64_add(val, &p->v);
 }
 
+static inline void u64_stats_sub(u64_stats_t *p, s64 val)
+{
+	local64_sub(val, &p->v);
+}
+
 static inline void u64_stats_inc(u64_stats_t *p)
 {
 	local64_inc(&p->v);
@@ -130,6 +135,11 @@ static inline void u64_stats_add(u64_stats_t *p, unsigned long val)
 	p->v += val;
 }
 
+static inline void u64_stats_sub(u64_stats_t *p, s64 val)
+{
+	p->v -= val;
+}
+
 static inline void u64_stats_inc(u64_stats_t *p)
 {
 	p->v++;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_counter.c b/net/netfilter/nft_counter.c
index cc7325329496..0d70325280cc 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_counter.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_counter.c
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ static void nft_counter_reset(struct nft_counter_percpu_priv *priv,
 	nft_sync = this_cpu_ptr(&nft_counter_sync);
 
 	u64_stats_update_begin(nft_sync);
-	u64_stats_add(&this_cpu->packets, -total->packets);
-	u64_stats_add(&this_cpu->bytes, -total->bytes);
+	u64_stats_sub(&this_cpu->packets, total->packets);
+	u64_stats_sub(&this_cpu->bytes, total->bytes);
 	u64_stats_update_end(nft_sync);
 
 	local_bh_enable();