diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c
index cb98ff7b45..3eb8c2b793 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa.c
@@ -6396,6 +6396,12 @@ static int ipa3_post_init(const struct ipa3_plat_drv_res *resource_p,
 	else
 		IPADBG(":stats init ok\n");
 
+	result = ipa_drop_stats_init();
+	if (result)
+		IPAERR("fail to init stats %d\n", result);
+	else
+		IPADBG(":stats init ok\n");
+
 	ipa3_register_panic_hdlr();
 
 	ipa3_debugfs_init();
diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_hw_stats.c b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_hw_stats.c
index f3a629d624..08e00b19fa 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_hw_stats.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_hw_stats.c
@@ -1521,6 +1521,27 @@ int ipa_set_flt_rt_stats(int index, struct ipa_flt_rt_stats stats)
 	return __ipa_set_flt_rt_stats(index, stats);
 }
 
+int ipa_drop_stats_init(void)
+{
+	u32 pipe_bitmask = 0;
+
+	/* If HOLB Monitoring is enabled, enable drop stats for USB and WLAN. */
+	if (ipa3_ctx->uc_ctx.ipa_use_uc_holb_monitor)
+		pipe_bitmask |= IPA_CLIENT_BIT_32(IPA_CLIENT_USB_CONS) |
+			IPA_CLIENT_BIT_32(IPA_CLIENT_WLAN2_CONS);
+
+	/* Always enable drop stats for USB DPL Pipe. */
+	pipe_bitmask |= IPA_CLIENT_BIT_32(IPA_CLIENT_USB_DPL_CONS);
+
+	/* Currently we have option to enable drop stats using debugfs.
+	 * To enable drop stats for a different pipe, first user needs
+	 * to query drop stats to get the current stats and enable.
+	 * TODO: to support dynamically caching drop stats.
+	 */
+
+	return ipa_init_drop_stats(pipe_bitmask);
+}
+
 int ipa_init_drop_stats(u32 pipe_bitmask)
 {
 	struct ipahal_stats_init_pyld *pyld;
diff --git a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_i.h b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_i.h
index 8a79e3ad7a..0502966ae2 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_i.h
+++ b/drivers/platform/msm/ipa/ipa_v3/ipa_i.h
@@ -2970,6 +2970,8 @@ int ipa_reset_quota_stats(enum ipa_client_type client);
 
 int ipa_reset_all_quota_stats(void);
 
+int ipa_drop_stats_init(void);
+
 int ipa_init_drop_stats(u32 pipe_bitmask);
 
 int ipa_get_drop_stats(struct ipa_drop_stats_all *out);