diff --git a/src/host.c b/src/host.c
index b951158d223adcef9169f37a7c1c58a91a1d5097..6da28d52bd65417e04504988d96c0e9f9422bd25 100644
--- a/src/host.c
+++ b/src/host.c
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ static unsigned long long get_netdev_stats(char *device, char *stat)
 	unsigned long long val = 0;
 
 	if (!device || !stat)
-		return 1;
+		return 0;
 
 	snprintf(sysnet, 128, "/sys/class/net/%s/statistics/%s", device, stat);