--- /dev/null
+diff -up net-tools-2.0/lib/interface.c.statalias net-tools-2.0/lib/interface.c
+--- net-tools-2.0/lib/interface.c.statalias 2012-10-04 11:33:05.490889090 +0200
++++ net-tools-2.0/lib/interface.c 2012-10-04 11:33:05.513888785 +0200
+@@ -405,9 +405,11 @@ static int if_readlist_rep(char *target,
+ char *s, name[IFNAMSIZ];
+ s = get_name(name, buf);
+ get_dev_fields(s, ife);
+- ife->statistics_valid = 1;
+ if (target && !strcmp(target,name))
++ {
++ ife->statistics_valid = 1;
+ break;
++ }
+ }
+ if (ferror(fh)) {
+ perror(_PATH_PROCNET_DEV);