diff --git a/migration/migration.c b/migration/migration.c
index c3debe71f6..66e5197b77 100644
--- a/migration/migration.c
+++ b/migration/migration.c
@@ -1150,7 +1150,7 @@ static void populate_ram_info(MigrationInfo *info, MigrationState *s)
     info->ram->mbps = s->mbps;
     info->ram->dirty_sync_count = ram_counters.dirty_sync_count;
     info->ram->dirty_sync_missed_zero_copy =
-            ram_counters.dirty_sync_missed_zero_copy;
+        stat64_get(&ram_counters.dirty_sync_missed_zero_copy);
     info->ram->postcopy_requests = ram_counters.postcopy_requests;
     info->ram->page_size = page_size;
     info->ram->multifd_bytes = stat64_get(&ram_counters.multifd_bytes);
diff --git a/migration/multifd.c b/migration/multifd.c
index 1c992abf53..903df2117b 100644
--- a/migration/multifd.c
+++ b/migration/multifd.c
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ static int multifd_zero_copy_flush(QIOChannel *c)
         return -1;
     }
     if (ret == 1) {
-        dirty_sync_missed_zero_copy();
+        stat64_add(&ram_counters.dirty_sync_missed_zero_copy, 1);
     }
 
     return ret;
diff --git a/migration/ram.c b/migration/ram.c
index 71320ed27a..93e0a48af4 100644
--- a/migration/ram.c
+++ b/migration/ram.c
@@ -472,11 +472,6 @@ void ram_transferred_add(uint64_t bytes)
     stat64_add(&ram_counters.transferred, bytes);
 }
 
-void dirty_sync_missed_zero_copy(void)
-{
-    ram_counters.dirty_sync_missed_zero_copy++;
-}
-
 struct MigrationOps {
     int (*ram_save_target_page)(RAMState *rs, PageSearchStatus *pss);
 };
diff --git a/migration/ram.h b/migration/ram.h
index ed70391317..2170c55e67 100644
--- a/migration/ram.h
+++ b/migration/ram.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 typedef struct {
     int64_t dirty_pages_rate;
     int64_t dirty_sync_count;
-    uint64_t dirty_sync_missed_zero_copy;
+    Stat64 dirty_sync_missed_zero_copy;
     uint64_t downtime_bytes;
     Stat64 duplicate;
     Stat64 multifd_bytes;
@@ -114,6 +114,4 @@ void ram_write_tracking_prepare(void);
 int ram_write_tracking_start(void);
 void ram_write_tracking_stop(void);
 
-void dirty_sync_missed_zero_copy(void);
-
 #endif