diff --git a/src/runmode-nfq.c b/src/runmode-nfq.c
index 3f750414bf..4f8fe808aa 100644
--- a/src/runmode-nfq.c
+++ b/src/runmode-nfq.c
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #include "util-cpu.h"
 #include "util-affinity.h"
 #include "util-runmodes.h"
+#include "util-device.h"
 
 static const char *default_mode;
 
@@ -98,6 +99,8 @@ int RunModeIpsNFQAuto(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx)
 
     TimeModeSetLive();
 
+    LiveDeviceHasNoStats();
+
     ret = RunModeSetIPSAuto(de_ctx,
             NFQGetThread,
             "ReceiveNFQ",
@@ -118,6 +121,8 @@ int RunModeIpsNFQAutoFp(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx)
 
     TimeModeSetLive();
 
+    LiveDeviceHasNoStats();
+
     ret = RunModeSetIPSAutoFp(de_ctx,
             NFQGetThread,
             "ReceiveNFQ",
@@ -137,6 +142,8 @@ int RunModeIpsNFQWorker(DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx)
 
     TimeModeSetLive();
 
+    LiveDeviceHasNoStats();
+
     ret = RunModeSetIPSWorker(de_ctx,
             NFQGetThread,
             "ReceiveNFQ",