diff --git a/vrtManager/instance.py b/vrtManager/instance.py
index b3bbd066..278bcf87 100644
--- a/vrtManager/instance.py
+++ b/vrtManager/instance.py
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ try:
     from libvirt import (
         VIR_DOMAIN_AFFECT_CONFIG,
         VIR_DOMAIN_AFFECT_LIVE,
+        VIR_DOMAIN_STATS_BLOCK,
+        VIR_DOMAIN_STATS_CPU_TOTAL,
+        VIR_DOMAIN_STATS_INTERFACE,
         VIR_DOMAIN_INTERFACE_ADDRESSES_SRC_ARP,
         VIR_DOMAIN_PAUSED,
         VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING,
@@ -92,6 +95,7 @@ HOST_DEVICES = "devices/hostdev | devices/interface[@type='hostdev'] | devices/i
 SNAPSHOT_NAME = re.compile(r"[A-Za-z0-9_-][A-Za-z0-9._-]{0,63}")
 # the longest window wvmInstance.usage() averages over
 USAGE_MAX_WINDOW = 30
+USAGE_STATS = VIR_DOMAIN_STATS_CPU_TOTAL | VIR_DOMAIN_STATS_BLOCK | VIR_DOMAIN_STATS_INTERFACE
 # seconds the guest agent has to set a password or add a key
 AGENT_TIMEOUT = 10
 # A running VM is cloned with a push backup that keeps the VM alive when the
@@ -1434,15 +1438,24 @@ class wvmInstance(wvmConnect):
             }
 
         key = [self.instance.ID(), self.host_info[2], disks, nics]
-        unread = (-1,) * 8
+        unread = [-1, -1]
 
         def read():
-            blocks = [self.instance.blockStats(dev) for dev in disks]
-            links = [self.instance.interfaceStats(target) if target else unread for _, target in nics]
+            # one call for the CPU time and every disk's and NIC's counters
+            [(_dom, stats)] = self.wvm.domainListGetStats([self.instance], USAGE_STATS)
+
+            def counters(kind, names):
+                """{device name: [its counters]} of stats' kind (block, net); -1 for one not reported."""
+                return {stats.get(f"{kind}.{i}.name"): [stats.get(f"{kind}.{i}.{name}", -1) for name in names]
+                        for i in range(stats.get(f"{kind}.count", 0))}
+
+            blocks = counters("block", ("rd.bytes", "wr.bytes"))
+            links = counters("net", ("rx.bytes", "tx.bytes"))
             return [
-                self.instance.info()[4],
-                [[stats[1], stats[3]] for stats in blocks],
-                [[stats[0], stats[4]] for stats in links],
+                # a driver without these stats (libvirt's test driver) still has info()
+                stats["cpu.time"] if "cpu.time" in stats else self.instance.info()[4],
+                [blocks.get(dev, unread) for dev in disks],
+                [links.get(target, unread) if target else unread for _, target in nics],
                 time.monotonic(),
             ]
 
diff --git a/vrtManager/tests/test_usage.py b/vrtManager/tests/test_usage.py
index 0ef44192..7516ed60 100644
--- a/vrtManager/tests/test_usage.py
+++ b/vrtManager/tests/test_usage.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ devices; otherwise over one second. The stats view runs in a sync worker,
 polled every 5 s by each open VM page."""
 
 import unittest
+from types import SimpleNamespace
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -40,20 +41,24 @@ class FakeDomain:
     def info(self):
         return [self.state, 0, 0, 2, int(self.now() * 500_000_000)]  # 0.5 s of CPU time per second
 
-    def blockStats(self, dev):
-        n = {"vda": 1, "vdb": 2}[dev]  # disks are read by target name
-        written = -1 if self.unsupported and dev == "vdb" else int(self.now() * n * 3000)
-        return (0, int(self.now() * n * 1000), 0, written, 0)
-
-    def interfaceStats(self, dev):
-        assert dev == "vnet0"
-        return (int(self.now() * 100), 0, 0, 0, int(self.now() * 50), 0, 0, 0)
+    def stats(self):
+        """domainListGetStats' counters: disks and NICs by name, as libvirt
+        lists them (the CD-ROM too); a counter the host does not report is left out."""
+        stats = {"cpu.time": int(self.now() * 500_000_000), "block.count": 3, "net.count": 1}  # 0.5 s of CPU a second
+        for i, (name, n) in enumerate((("vda", 1), ("vdb", 2), ("sda", 0))):
+            stats[f"block.{i}.name"] = name
+            stats[f"block.{i}.rd.bytes"] = int(self.now() * n * 1000)
+            if not (self.unsupported and name == "vdb"):
+                stats[f"block.{i}.wr.bytes"] = int(self.now() * n * 3000)
+        stats.update({"net.0.name": "vnet0", "net.0.rx.bytes": int(self.now() * 100), "net.0.tx.bytes": int(self.now() * 50)})
+        return stats
 
 
 def instance(state, clock):
     proxy = wvmInstance.__new__(wvmInstance)  # no connection: only these calls
     proxy._read_cache = None
     proxy.instance = FakeDomain(state, clock)
+    proxy.wvm = SimpleNamespace(domainListGetStats=lambda doms, kinds: [(doms[0], doms[0].stats())])
     proxy._XMLDesc = lambda flags: XML
     proxy.host_info = ["x86_64", 0, 4]  # 4 host CPUs
     proxy.get_status = lambda: state
@@ -151,7 +156,8 @@ class UsageTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
 
         def restart(seconds):
             real_sleep(seconds)
-            domain.info = lambda: [1, 0, 0, 2, 0]  # CPU time starts over
+            counters = domain.stats
+            domain.stats = lambda: {**counters(), "cpu.time": 0}  # CPU time starts over
 
         self.time.sleep.side_effect = restart
         result = proxy.usage()