diff -up net-tools-1.60/lib/interface.c.statalias net-tools-1.60/lib/interface.c

--- net-tools-1.60/lib/interface.c.statalias	2011-12-02 16:37:32.258671807 +0100

+++ net-tools-1.60/lib/interface.c	2011-12-02 16:37:33.193660117 +0100

@@ -403,9 +403,11 @@ 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);