diff --git a/saltapi/netapi/rest_cherrypy/app.py b/saltapi/netapi/rest_cherrypy/app.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/saltapi/netapi/rest_cherrypy/app.py
+++ b/saltapi/netapi/rest_cherrypy/app.py
@@ -1414,10 +1414,10 @@ class API(object):
 
                 'tools.trailing_slash.on': True,
                 'tools.gzip.on': True,
+                'tools.cpstats.on': self.apiopts.get('collect_stats', False),
             },
             '/stats': {
                 'request.dispatch': cherrypy.dispatch.Dispatcher(),
-                'tools.cpstats.on': self.apiopts.get('collect_stats', False),
             },
         }
tools.cpstats.on needs to be placed under root