diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
index 503016f58631..70ac7d180077 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c
@@ -603,7 +603,10 @@ static void hwmp_preq_frame_process(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 				hopcount, ttl, cpu_to_le32(lifetime),
 				cpu_to_le32(metric), cpu_to_le32(preq_id),
 				sdata);
-		ifmsh->mshstats.fwded_mcast++;
+		if (!is_multicast_ether_addr(da))
+			ifmsh->mshstats.fwded_unicast++;
+		else
+			ifmsh->mshstats.fwded_mcast++;
 		ifmsh->mshstats.fwded_frames++;
 	}
 }