diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/device/DefaultPortStatistics.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/device/DefaultPortStatistics.java
index 1b2483f..ee0cb06 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/device/DefaultPortStatistics.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/device/DefaultPortStatistics.java
@@ -142,6 +142,16 @@
     }
 
     @Override
+    public boolean isZero() {
+        return  bytesReceived() == 0 &&
+                bytesSent() == 0 &&
+                packetsReceived() == 0 &&
+                packetsRxDropped() == 0 &&
+                packetsSent() == 0 &&
+                packetsTxDropped() == 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public String toString() {
         StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("device: " + deviceId + ", ");
 
@@ -343,4 +353,5 @@
         }
 
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/device/PortStatistics.java b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/device/PortStatistics.java
index e0ab383..3660f1e 100644
--- a/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/device/PortStatistics.java
+++ b/core/api/src/main/java/org/onosproject/net/device/PortStatistics.java
@@ -97,4 +97,11 @@
      */
     long durationNano();
 
+    /**
+     * Returns true if all the port stats are zero, excluding TxErrors and RxErrors.
+     *
+     * @return boolean true if all port stats are zero
+     */
+    boolean isZero();
+
 }