diff --git a/meta/templates/sai_adapter.py.tt b/meta/templates/sai_adapter.py.tt
index 49121065d..b2d7b24d8 100644
--- a/meta/templates/sai_adapter.py.tt
+++ b/meta/templates/sai_adapter.py.tt
@@ -93,6 +93,15 @@ def [% function.thrift_name %](client
     [%- FOREACH attr IN apis.$api.objects.${function.object}.attrs.${function.operation} -%]
 ,[% br %][% attr.simple_name %]=None
     [%- END -%]
+    [%- IF function.operation == 'stats' OR function.operation == 'clear' -%]
+        [%- FOREACH arg IN function.adapter_preprocessed_args -%]
+            [%- IF arg.is_list and arg.name == 'counter_ids' -%]
+,[% br %][% arg.name %]=[% function.name %]_[% arg.name %]
+            [%- ELSIF arg.is_attr %]
+        [% arg.name %] = None
+            [%- END -%]
+        [%- END -%]
+    [%- END -%] 
 ):
 [% END -%]
 
@@ -102,15 +111,31 @@ def [% function.thrift_name %](client
     [%- # Declare variables that are not part of python interface -%]
     [%- # but are required by thritft functions -%]
     [%- FOREACH arg IN function.adapter_preprocessed_args -%]
-
-        [%- IF arg.is_list %]
-    [% arg.name %] = []
+        [%- IF arg.is_list AND arg.name!= 'counter_ids' %]
+    [% function.name %]_[% arg.name %] = []
         [%- ELSIF arg.is_attr %]
     [% arg.name %] = None
         [%- END -%]
     [%- END -%]
 [%- END -%]
 
+[%- BLOCK declare_stats_variables -%]
+    [%- IF function.operation == 'stats' OR function.operation == 'clear' %]
+        [%- FOREACH arg IN function.adapter_preprocessed_args -%]
+
+            [%- IF arg.is_list %]
+[% function.name %]_[% arg.name %] = []
+            [%- ELSIF arg.is_attr %]
+        [% arg.name %] = None
+            [%- END -%]
+        [%- END -%]
+        [%- FOREACH stat IN apis.$api.objects.${function.object}.stats.all %]
+[% function.name %]_[% arg.name %].append([% stat.name %])
+        [%- END -%]
+
+    [%- END -%]
+[%- END -%]
+
 [%- ######################################################################## -%]
 
 [%- ######################################################################## -%]
@@ -279,8 +304,10 @@ client.[% function.thrift_name %](
 
 [%- BLOCK preprocess_stats -%]
 
-    [%- FOREACH stat IN apis.$api.objects.${function.object}.stats.all %]
-    [% arg.name %].append([% stat.name %])
+    [%- IF arg.name != "counter_ids" -%]
+        [%- FOREACH stat IN apis.$api.objects.${function.object}.stats.all %]
+    [% function.name %]_[% arg.name %].append([% stat.name %])
+        [%- END -%]
     [%- END -%]
 
 [%- END -%]
@@ -308,13 +335,11 @@ client.[% function.thrift_name %](
     [%- # Basically we do it for each list variable, we assume we have one -%]
     [%- FOREACH arg IN function.adapter_preprocessed_args -%]
         [%- IF function.operation == 'stats' OR function.operation == 'clear' %]
-            [%- # For 'get stats' function create stats list -%]
+            [%- # For 'get stats' function NOT create stats list in function body -%]
             [%- PROCESS preprocess_stats %]
-
         [%- ELSIF function.operation != 'remove' %]
             [%- # For 'create' and 'get' functions create list of arguments -%]
             [%- PROCESS preprocess_attributes %]
-
         [%- END -%]
     [%- END -%]
 
@@ -400,6 +425,9 @@ client.[% function.thrift_name %](
 [%- ######################################################################## -%]
 
 [%- BLOCK function_body -%]
+    [%- PROCESS declare_stats_variables -%]
+
+
     [%- PROCESS decorate_method IF dev_utils -%]
     [%- PROCESS decorate_skip_test_on_error IF skip_error -%]
     [%- PROCESS function_header %]
@@ -407,7 +435,6 @@ client.[% function.thrift_name %](
 
     [%- IF has_body -%]
         [%- PROCESS declare_variables %]
-
         [%- PROCESS preprocess_args -%]
 
         [%- # Now, call the thrift function -%]