diff --git a/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c b/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
index 1cf5bd2aa6af57ac0feafb065c238012711a68e5..61a2fca66b5c5e42d1e5ac94a69bef8d0c39e86b 100644
--- a/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
+++ b/lustre/obdclass/lprocfs_status.c
@@ -1417,6 +1417,7 @@ void lprocfs_free_md_stats(struct obd_device *obd)
 
         if (stats != NULL) {
                 obd->md_stats = NULL;
+                obd->md_cntr_base = 0;
                 lprocfs_free_stats(&stats);
         }
 }