diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c
index bc698b14683fa1d79a845dcaf053cdb9863cc1d7..bc09b4e1f57c5d0ba3c73407a824c3cbabcd9296 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx4/mad.c
@@ -64,14 +64,6 @@ enum {
 #define GUID_TBL_BLK_NUM_ENTRIES 8
 #define GUID_TBL_BLK_SIZE (GUID_TBL_ENTRY_SIZE * GUID_TBL_BLK_NUM_ENTRIES)
 
-/* Counters should be saturate once they reach their maximum value */
-#define ASSIGN_32BIT_COUNTER(counter, value) do {\
-	if ((value) > U32_MAX)			 \
-		counter = cpu_to_be32(U32_MAX); \
-	else					 \
-		counter = cpu_to_be32(value);	 \
-} while (0)
-
 struct mlx4_mad_rcv_buf {
 	struct ib_grh grh;
 	u8 payload[256];
@@ -828,31 +820,25 @@ static int iboe_process_mad(struct ib_device *ibdev, int mad_flags, u8 port_num,
 			struct ib_wc *in_wc, struct ib_grh *in_grh,
 			struct ib_mad *in_mad, struct ib_mad *out_mad)
 {
-	struct mlx4_cmd_mailbox *mailbox;
+	struct mlx4_counter counter_stats;
 	struct mlx4_ib_dev *dev = to_mdev(ibdev);
 	int err;
-	u32 inmod = dev->counters[port_num - 1].index & 0xffff;
-	u8 mode;
 
 	if (in_mad->mad_hdr.mgmt_class != IB_MGMT_CLASS_PERF_MGMT)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	mailbox = mlx4_alloc_cmd_mailbox(dev->dev);
-	if (IS_ERR(mailbox))
-		return IB_MAD_RESULT_FAILURE;
-
-	err = mlx4_cmd_box(dev->dev, 0, mailbox->dma, inmod, 0,
-			   MLX4_CMD_QUERY_IF_STAT, MLX4_CMD_TIME_CLASS_C,
-			   MLX4_CMD_WRAPPED);
+	memset(&counter_stats, 0, sizeof(counter_stats));
+	err = mlx4_get_counter_stats(dev->dev,
+				     dev->counters[port_num - 1].index,
+				     &counter_stats, 0);
 	if (err)
 		err = IB_MAD_RESULT_FAILURE;
 	else {
 		memset(out_mad->data, 0, sizeof out_mad->data);
-		mode = ((struct mlx4_counter *)mailbox->buf)->counter_mode;
-		switch (mode & 0xf) {
+		switch (counter_stats.counter_mode & 0xf) {
 		case 0:
-			edit_counter(mailbox->buf,
-						(void *)(out_mad->data + 40));
+			edit_counter(&counter_stats,
+				     (void *)(out_mad->data + 40));
 			err = IB_MAD_RESULT_SUCCESS | IB_MAD_RESULT_REPLY;
 			break;
 		default:
@@ -860,8 +846,6 @@ static int iboe_process_mad(struct ib_device *ibdev, int mad_flags, u8 port_num,
 		}
 	}
 
-	mlx4_free_cmd_mailbox(dev->dev, mailbox);
-
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
index 68ae765873a9617becd0804749718a5ae3529b11..44b8f7715ade5952ac26bebd0df72cbfdad6392e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx4/cmd.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #include "mlx4.h"
 #include "fw.h"
 #include "fw_qos.h"
+#include "mlx4_stats.h"
 
 #define CMD_POLL_TOKEN 0xffff
 #define INBOX_MASK	0xffffffffffffff00ULL
@@ -3166,6 +3167,62 @@ int mlx4_set_vf_link_state(struct mlx4_dev *dev, int port, int vf, int link_stat
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mlx4_set_vf_link_state);
 
+int mlx4_get_counter_stats(struct mlx4_dev *dev, int counter_index,
+			   struct mlx4_counter *counter_stats, int reset)
+{
+	struct mlx4_cmd_mailbox *mailbox = NULL;
+	struct mlx4_counter *tmp_counter;
+	int err;
+	u32 if_stat_in_mod;
+
+	if (!counter_stats)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (counter_index == MLX4_SINK_COUNTER_INDEX(dev))
+		return 0;
+
+	mailbox = mlx4_alloc_cmd_mailbox(dev);
+	if (IS_ERR(mailbox))
+		return PTR_ERR(mailbox);
+
+	memset(mailbox->buf, 0, sizeof(struct mlx4_counter));
+	if_stat_in_mod = counter_index;
+	if (reset)
+		if_stat_in_mod |= MLX4_QUERY_IF_STAT_RESET;
+	err = mlx4_cmd_box(dev, 0, mailbox->dma,
+			   if_stat_in_mod, 0,
+			   MLX4_CMD_QUERY_IF_STAT,
+			   MLX4_CMD_TIME_CLASS_C,
+			   MLX4_CMD_NATIVE);
+	if (err) {
+		mlx4_dbg(dev, "%s: failed to read statistics for counter index %d\n",
+			 __func__, counter_index);
+		goto if_stat_out;
+	}
+	tmp_counter = (struct mlx4_counter *)mailbox->buf;
+	counter_stats->counter_mode = tmp_counter->counter_mode;
+	if (counter_stats->counter_mode == 0) {
+		counter_stats->rx_frames =
+			cpu_to_be64(be64_to_cpu(counter_stats->rx_frames) +
+				    be64_to_cpu(tmp_counter->rx_frames));
+		counter_stats->tx_frames =
+			cpu_to_be64(be64_to_cpu(counter_stats->tx_frames) +
+				    be64_to_cpu(tmp_counter->tx_frames));
+		counter_stats->rx_bytes =
+			cpu_to_be64(be64_to_cpu(counter_stats->rx_bytes) +
+				    be64_to_cpu(tmp_counter->rx_bytes));
+		counter_stats->tx_bytes =
+			cpu_to_be64(be64_to_cpu(counter_stats->tx_bytes) +
+				    be64_to_cpu(tmp_counter->tx_bytes));
+	}
+
+if_stat_out:
+	mlx4_free_cmd_mailbox(dev, mailbox);
+
+	return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mlx4_get_counter_stats);
+
 int mlx4_vf_smi_enabled(struct mlx4_dev *dev, int slave, int port)
 {
 	struct mlx4_priv *priv = mlx4_priv(dev);
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx4/cmd.h b/include/linux/mlx4/cmd.h
index f62e7cf227c61c9510e96afda8482e8f5b7b606b..5dffc869988ba65b1a837f758496322877c0dd0a 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx4/cmd.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx4/cmd.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/dma-mapping.h>
 #include <linux/if_link.h>
+#include <linux/mlx4/device.h>
 
 enum {
 	/* initialization and general commands */
@@ -300,6 +301,8 @@ static inline int mlx4_cmd_imm(struct mlx4_dev *dev, u64 in_param, u64 *out_para
 struct mlx4_cmd_mailbox *mlx4_alloc_cmd_mailbox(struct mlx4_dev *dev);
 void mlx4_free_cmd_mailbox(struct mlx4_dev *dev, struct mlx4_cmd_mailbox *mailbox);
 
+int mlx4_get_counter_stats(struct mlx4_dev *dev, int counter_index,
+			   struct mlx4_counter *counter_stats, int reset);
 u32 mlx4_comm_get_version(void);
 int mlx4_set_vf_mac(struct mlx4_dev *dev, int port, int vf, u64 mac);
 int mlx4_set_vf_vlan(struct mlx4_dev *dev, int port, int vf, u16 vlan, u8 qos);
diff --git a/include/linux/mlx4/device.h b/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
index 4820080ac394b1a08d372549392d95ca6a2b9767..efe80c754b2f40612f1276b3801e2622ccf2d3a0 100644
--- a/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
+++ b/include/linux/mlx4/device.h
@@ -771,6 +771,14 @@ union mlx4_ext_av {
 	struct mlx4_eth_av	eth;
 };
 
+/* Counters should be saturate once they reach their maximum value */
+#define ASSIGN_32BIT_COUNTER(counter, value) do {	\
+	if ((value) > U32_MAX)				\
+		counter = cpu_to_be32(U32_MAX);		\
+	else						\
+		counter = cpu_to_be32(value);		\
+} while (0)
+
 struct mlx4_counter {
 	u8	reserved1[3];
 	u8	counter_mode;