diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/src/lib.rs b/crates/storage/provider/src/lib.rs
index 2b002fe11e..deccdea283 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/src/lib.rs
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ pub use reth_chain_state::{
     CanonStateNotifications, CanonStateSubscriptions,
 };
 
-// reexport HistoryWriter trait
-pub use reth_storage_api::HistoryWriter;
+// reexport traits to avoid breaking changes
+pub use reth_storage_api::{HistoryWriter, StatsReader};
 
 pub(crate) fn to_range<R: std::ops::RangeBounds<u64>>(bounds: R) -> std::ops::Range<u64> {
     let start = match bounds.start_bound() {
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/src/traits/mod.rs b/crates/storage/provider/src/traits/mod.rs
index 722721525b..3034eda804 100644
--- a/crates/storage/provider/src/traits/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/provider/src/traits/mod.rs
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ pub use trie::{StorageTrieWriter, TrieWriter};
 mod static_file_provider;
 pub use static_file_provider::StaticFileProviderFactory;
 
-mod stats;
-pub use stats::StatsReader;
-
 mod full;
 pub use full::{FullProvider, FullRpcProvider};
 
diff --git a/crates/storage/storage-api/src/lib.rs b/crates/storage/storage-api/src/lib.rs
index 21d02325af..4980335066 100644
--- a/crates/storage/storage-api/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/storage/storage-api/src/lib.rs
@@ -56,3 +56,6 @@ pub mod noop;
 
 mod history;
 pub use history::*;
+
+mod stats;
+pub use stats::*;
diff --git a/crates/storage/provider/src/traits/stats.rs b/crates/storage/storage-api/src/stats.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/storage/provider/src/traits/stats.rs
rename to crates/storage/storage-api/src/stats.rs