diff --git a/lib/cache.c b/lib/cache.c
index 7f792abd91cc882f725dfc14637eae6ee8574ee3..64394bd3ed6e8e0fb4e4dd679e69b819353f4b67 100644
--- a/lib/cache.c
+++ b/lib/cache.c
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ int kr_cache_clear(struct kr_cache_txn *txn)
 		return kr_error(EINVAL);
 	}
 
+	txn->owner->stats.delete += 1;
 	return txn_api(txn)->clear(&txn->t);
 }