diff --git a/src/http/v3/ngx_http_v3_filter_module.c b/src/http/v3/ngx_http_v3_filter_module.c
index 34b2991ad..43d2cd1bd 100644
--- a/src/http/v3/ngx_http_v3_filter_module.c
+++ b/src/http/v3/ngx_http_v3_filter_module.c
@@ -896,6 +896,10 @@ ngx_http_v3_create_push_request(ngx_http_request_t *pr, ngx_str_t *path,
         return NGX_ABORT;
     }
 
+#if (NGX_STAT_STUB)
+    (void) ngx_atomic_fetch_add(ngx_stat_active, 1);
+#endif
+
     hc = ngx_palloc(c->pool, sizeof(ngx_http_connection_t));
     if (hc == NULL) {
         ngx_http_close_connection(c);
diff --git a/src/http/v3/ngx_http_v3_request.c b/src/http/v3/ngx_http_v3_request.c
index 793a34816..533a50fb8 100644
--- a/src/http/v3/ngx_http_v3_request.c
+++ b/src/http/v3/ngx_http_v3_request.c
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ ngx_http_v3_init(ngx_connection_t *c)
 
     ngx_log_debug0(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_HTTP, c->log, 0, "http3 init request stream");
 
+#if (NGX_STAT_STUB)
+    (void) ngx_atomic_fetch_add(ngx_stat_active, 1);
+#endif
+
     hc = c->data;
 
     clcf = ngx_http_get_module_loc_conf(hc->conf_ctx, ngx_http_core_module);