diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index f66e61407883..e7260889d4cb 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -10868,7 +10868,7 @@ noinline void netdev_core_stats_inc(struct net_device *dev, u32 offset)
 			return;
 	}
 
-	field = (__force unsigned long __percpu *)((__force void *)p + offset);
+	field = (unsigned long __percpu *)((void __percpu *)p + offset);
 	this_cpu_inc(*field);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(netdev_core_stats_inc);