diff --git a/api/server/container.go b/api/server/container.go
index 468fe55605..650ce23f55 100644
--- a/api/server/container.go
+++ b/api/server/container.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (s *Server) getContainersStats(version version.Version, w http.ResponseWrit
 		Stop:      closeNotifier,
 	}
 
-	return s.daemon.ContainerStats(vars["name"], config)
+	return s.daemon.ContainerStats(container, config)
 }
 
 func (s *Server) getContainersLogs(version version.Version, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, vars map[string]string) error {
diff --git a/daemon/daemon.go b/daemon/daemon.go
index 7c3c39e441..c4599bf8bb 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon.go
@@ -886,20 +886,12 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) stats(c *Container) (*execdriver.ResourceStats, error) {
 	return daemon.execDriver.Stats(c.ID)
 }
 
-func (daemon *Daemon) subscribeToContainerStats(name string) (chan interface{}, error) {
-	c, err := daemon.Get(name)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+func (daemon *Daemon) subscribeToContainerStats(c *Container) (chan interface{}, error) {
 	ch := daemon.statsCollector.collect(c)
 	return ch, nil
 }
 
-func (daemon *Daemon) unsubscribeToContainerStats(name string, ch chan interface{}) error {
-	c, err := daemon.Get(name)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+func (daemon *Daemon) unsubscribeToContainerStats(c *Container, ch chan interface{}) error {
 	daemon.statsCollector.unsubscribe(c, ch)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/daemon/stats.go b/daemon/stats.go
index aa356633b7..9d8ec0cbf7 100644
--- a/daemon/stats.go
+++ b/daemon/stats.go
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ type ContainerStatsConfig struct {
 
 // ContainerStats writes information about the container to the stream
 // given in the config object.
-func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerStats(name string, config *ContainerStatsConfig) error {
-	updates, err := daemon.subscribeToContainerStats(name)
+func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerStats(container *Container, config *ContainerStatsConfig) error {
+	updates, err := daemon.subscribeToContainerStats(container)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerStats(name string, config *ContainerStatsConfig)
 	getStat := func(v interface{}) *types.Stats {
 		update := v.(*execdriver.ResourceStats)
 		// Retrieve the nw statistics from libnetwork and inject them in the Stats
-		if nwStats, err := daemon.getNetworkStats(name); err == nil {
+		if nwStats, err := daemon.getNetworkStats(container); err == nil {
 			update.Stats.Interfaces = nwStats
 		}
 		ss := convertStatsToAPITypes(update.Stats)
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerStats(name string, config *ContainerStatsConfig)
 
 	enc := json.NewEncoder(config.OutStream)
 
-	defer daemon.unsubscribeToContainerStats(name, updates)
+	defer daemon.unsubscribeToContainerStats(container, updates)
 
 	noStreamFirstFrame := true
 	for {
@@ -78,14 +78,9 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) ContainerStats(name string, config *ContainerStatsConfig)
 	}
 }
 
-func (daemon *Daemon) getNetworkStats(name string) ([]*libcontainer.NetworkInterface, error) {
+func (daemon *Daemon) getNetworkStats(c *Container) ([]*libcontainer.NetworkInterface, error) {
 	var list []*libcontainer.NetworkInterface
 
-	c, err := daemon.Get(name)
-	if err != nil {
-		return list, err
-	}
-
 	sb, err := daemon.netController.SandboxByID(c.NetworkSettings.SandboxID)
 	if err != nil {
 		return list, err