diff --git a/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c b/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
index a347c0d7792fe5fc000aabddd179e4fe86fbe4c7..ba5b2cc68277685d13736c25e67a5ff5420e7ce0 100644
--- a/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
+++ b/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
@@ -1391,7 +1391,7 @@ int lprocfs_alloc_md_stats(struct obd_device *obd,
                         LBUG();
                 }
         }
-        rc = lprocfs_register_stats(obd->obd_proc_entry, "stats", stats);
+        rc = lprocfs_register_stats(obd->obd_proc_entry, "md_stats", stats);
         if (rc < 0) {
                 lprocfs_free_stats(&stats);
         } else {